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would ;i|)|»<';ii' lliiil iIh* <|iicsl ion of iiiiiiiiiiiil v ciiii linvc piad ically 

 iKt (lii-cci «»i- iiiiiiKMlialc licai-iiiii ii|m)Ii ilic saviiii: <»l •»iii- loi-csi, 

 clietstimt trees. 



At I lie jn'csciil lime llicrc is cvci-y jd'ospccl I hat we can rcji- 

 siHialtlv ('.\|»('cl lo |n-u<iii-(' inininnc |iiii-(' In-cd \ari(*li<'s <ti- s|»('ci('S 

 (»r clicstnuls I'l-oui Hfti'llicrn Asia and .la|tan. Indeed, we ali-ca<ly 

 kiKtw tlial some ol' the .lapanese and Korean cliesinuts an- al- 

 most, if not (luile, immnne lo (lie disease. I iliink il is sal'(i to 

 say, ^\■llel•e .Ta])an('se vai-ielies liave iieen killed liy I his disease, 

 lliat in more than ninety jx'i- cent, ol' the cases which lia\"e come 

 iindei- onr personal olisei-val ion, the trees have lieen ur;ilt<'d with 

 -lapanese scions on .American or l']uropean stocks, and the Jaj)- 

 anese trees liave been killecl l»y liirdlini; lielow the .i;rart. We 

 liave repeatedly ohsei'ved snch cases where the stock lias been 

 alisiduteiy covered with disease up to the ,uraft line, a\ itli not n 

 sii^ii ol" it anywhere on the . Japanese portion. Naturally, this fact 

 in itself is stronii proof of the immnne initnre of these particular 

 Japanese varieties. As these hiiihly resistant, or ])erliaps im- 

 mune, trees are with ns small, and the nnts, tlioniih often linge, 

 are of infei'ior (piality, their \alue A\ill l»e almost entircdy as or- 

 namental trees, and probably nevei', in onr time at least, of any 

 value in re])lacin«i' the American chestnut. Jf the better flavored 

 native and I'araiion nuts slnmld disappear from the market, we 

 W(»uld doubtless soon turn to the inferior Japanese nut as a sub- 

 stitute. 



In recent years nnicli has been accomplished aloni];- the line of 

 breeding- hybrids or strains of plants which are not only often 

 line in (pnility, but also hiiLihly resistant to disease. The results 

 that have been attained in this direction within a coin]tarai ively 

 few years are ti-uly -.^rat ifyinii, but the future will witness 

 ,i;reater results. There is no reason to doubt that we may even- 

 tually see an immune hybrid chestnut that will rival the Ameri- 

 <-an sweet chestnut in davor of the nut, and the Paragon in 

 size. 



THE (^HATrv:\rAN: You will recall that, while we were 

 listening to the addresses in response to the remarks of Gover- 

 nor Tener, the gentleman from Connecticut stated that he had 



