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It is very necessary to kee[) (lie buds removed from below (he 

 gi-aft. The four grafts shown in this view started, all of (hem, 

 but the buds below took ail the strength from them. The bark 

 lias been removed from tlie three on this side; from the other it 

 has not. The sap, of course, flows along the line of least re- 

 sistance and takes all the strength and the graft dies. 



The next is a photograph to show the Paragon grafted on oak. 

 The tree is still living. The oak now is smaller in diameter than 

 the chestnut, the chestnut growing faster. This was not very 

 successful ; still, it is succecssful to the extent that it lives and 

 bears nuts. 



A defective union. At that point (indicating) enemies can 

 enter, — fungi and beetles. The wind also will frequently break 

 off a tree at the point of union, if the union is not perfect. A 

 sprout was allowed to mature on this and later was grafted. 

 The growth is very rapid, and the chestnut not being a strong 

 wood, many were lost in this a\ ay where the union was defective. 



This is a portion of the tifty acres as it appeared six years ago. 



Here we have a view of it a little later. All the roots of the 

 other trees begin to sprout and it is necessary to clean out every- 

 thing. If the underbrush is allowed to grow, it will, sooner or 

 later, choke out the trees and will allow enemies to develop; you 

 cann(>t keep it too clean. Fires will run through it; so INIr. 

 Sober earl^' found that it was necessarj- to keep the growth 

 clean. ]\Iany parts of it are now clean enough to mow with a 

 lawn mower. In many places the grass is beginning to grow. 

 I wish you would notice how clean the grove is in places. This 

 is the condition soon after the grafting. Then it was necessary 

 to employ from twenty-five to fifty men to clean out and, in 

 order to save the 3^(mng grafted trees, screens were made. At 

 one lime I saw as many as twenty-live of these screens. They 

 were covered with asbestos to protect them from the fire, and 

 fhe young sprouts that have l)een grafted are back of .the screens. 

 These men are grul)bing out and cleaning, (i-ying (o get (he 

 ground clean eiuMigh to rais(; grass. 



This vieAV shows one of the screens a little nearer and some 

 of the UKMi, who restc^l a moment while T took the ])hotogra]»h. 



