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of finding a resistant tree in order to. propagate. this tree 
because of its individual characteristics. A- great many 
thousand trees were examined.” 
“ ©n the other hand, Mr. F. V. Stevens, Jr., of Stamford, 
writes: “I have found that in this section of ‘the state the 
blight has been far less prominent than in any year since 1908 
on the young sprouts, which are practically the only chestnuts 
we have.” Mr. J. H. Treadwell of. Danbury also says: “TI 
would say that in this.section dead trees caused by the attack 
of previous years were more in evidence in 1912 than in IgII. 
However, it does not appear to me that attacks on healthy trees 
are quife as prominent in I912 as in 1911.” 
New Haven County. This was the second county in the 
state in which the disease was reported. It was found by the 
writer in Westville in the spring of 1908. From the observations 
of Mr. Peck of Woodbridge, already alluded to, there is little 
doubt that it occurred in places here as early as 1905 or 1906. 
The damage has been second only to that in Fairfield County. 
Quite a little of the timber has been cut in recent years for use 
in brick kilns and brass foundries. This has resulted in con- 
siderable young growth, which is always likely to show the 
disease badly. In most of the forests many of the large trees 
have also been badly infected or entirely killed. We estimate 
that 55 to 65 per cent. of the chestnut has already been infected 
or killed. In answer to our letter, nine stated that they believed 
the blight was worse in 1912 than in 1911, while seven thought 
it about the same or even less conspicuous. 
Professor R. C. Hawley of the Yale Forest School, who has 
charge of the New Haven Water Company’s forests, writes: 
“My observations have been principally confined to timber mer- 
chantable for cordwood or larger products. On such trees I 
think the chestnut blight has spread’ steadily in 1912 both in 
number of trees which it has attacked and, of course, in progress 
on trees already attacked. From a practical standpoint I antici- 
pate cutting out all the chestnut now merchantable in the 
vicinity of New Haven. My general impressions are that the 
disease is slowly spreading among the trees below cordwood 
size, although I have not devoted so much time to observing 
these trees.” 
