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is no doubt in my mind but what the blight is more prominent 

 on this estate in 1912 than it was in 1911." 



W. S. Hungerford, of East Haddam, reports an improvement : 

 "I noticed the chestnut blight as being more conspicuous in 



1911 with a slight decrease in 1912." Mr. J. C. Reeves, of 

 Portland, says: "I think it showed up more prominently in 



1912 in some localities, and not so much in others. On my land 

 it was decidedly worse. Not so much new disease, but the 

 trees showed it more. I think there is a change on the state 

 land where we have cut it out. In some places where we would 

 get a load last year, we did not find a tree with the disease." 



Hartford County. The first reports we had of the disease in 

 this county were in the fall of 1910, Forester Filley having col- 

 lected specimens at Hartland in September, and Spaulding (69) 

 at Windsor, and L. H. Goodrich at Hartford, in October. In 

 March, 1911, the writer found the disease at Granby. At 

 present the disease is perhaps not as bad as in Middlesex 

 County, though in some regions considerable damage has been 

 caused. We estimate 25 to 35 per cent, of the chestnuts 

 infected. Of the letters received from this county, three writers 

 think the disease worse in 1912 than in 1911, and three think 

 it was no worse. 



Mr. G. H. Hollister, superintendent of Keney Park, Hart- 

 ford, writes: "As we made a pretty thorough cutting of the 

 diseased chestnut trees last winter, I have not found the tops 

 of the larger trees so badly infected as last year. I have found 

 a great many trees with one or more branches infected, and more 

 young trees than ever before. Probably many of the older 

 trees have the blight, but it is not easily seen at present. On 

 the whole, I consider the disease more prominent in 1912 than 

 in 1911." 



S. W. Eddy, of Avon, says : "I looked over the woods yester- 

 day, and would state that there is much more chestnut blight 

 than last year. It showed up more in the young growth and 

 small trees in the open. In fact, the woods and trees there 

 show many leaves still holding on, and on looking them over, 

 one can find the yellow or orange fruiting pustules." 



R. S. Tryon, of Glastonbury, writes : "The blight is generally 

 prevalent here, I should say more prominent in 1912 than in 

 1911, but growth and spread appears not to have been so rapid. 



