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are not siifferinj^' from drought, neither are they suffering from 

 a scanty food supply. They are in good, thrifty condition. We 

 tind that practically every chestnut orchard in the State is in- 

 fected with the chestnut disease. In Delaware, at least, I am 

 not inclined to believe lliat (lr;)nght plays any part whatever in 

 the chestnut disease problem. 



THE CHAIKMAN: Is there any question? 



PKOFESSOli NOKTON: 1 would like to nsk if the blight is 

 equally bad on the Japanese ciiestmits? 



PROFESSOll McCUE: It would be rather hard to answer 

 that question definitely, because 1 do not know whether we have 

 any simon-pure Japanese chestnuts in DelaAvare or not. We 

 have a lot of varieties called Japanese, but the probabilities are 

 they are natural h^dn-ids with llir American; yet we have found 

 infection in the so-called J;i]»;iii('S(' chestnuts the same as in the 

 American. 



MR. WILLIAMS: What is Ddawjire doing to prevent the 

 shipment of infected stock beyond the borders of the State? 



PROFESSOR McCUE: With the permission of the Chair, 

 1 will refer that question to the secretary of the State Board of 

 Agriculture, Professor Webb, who has charge of the nursery 

 inspection work of the State. 



THE CHAIRMAN : Professor Webb, will you please inform 

 us what Delaware is doing to prevent the shipment of infected 

 nursery stock beyond the borders of the State. 



PROFESSOR WEBB : I believe at the present time we have 

 no nurseries growing chestnut trees, but, if diseased chestnut 

 were found in them, the trees Avould be destroyed. 



THE CHAIRMAN : Maryland. As one of the secretaries of 

 the Conference, we have present Maryland's State Forester, Mr. 

 F. W. Besley. 



MR. BESLEY: As far as the chestnut bark disease is con- 

 cerned, I think all eyes are on Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania has 

 established, as it were, a great experiment station for the treat- 

 ment of the chestnut bark disease, and we are all looking with 



