CHESTNUT BARK DISEASE. 383 
Mr. W. M. Shepardson, of Middlebury, who has had con- 
siderable experience in cutting out diseased trees on the Whitte- 
more estate, says: “The blight was much worse in 1912 here 
than in any other year, and, as near as I can estimate, spread 
as much last year as in all previous years put together, so that 
in badly infested areas few or no trees are left without disease. 
In the home woods, round the fireplace and on the hill, where 
all trees were taken out last winter that we could discern, we 
found in September 845 trees over one foot in diameter that 
were much diseased and a great many smaller ones.” 
Mr. G. H. Bartlett of North Guilford writes: “In the vicinity 
of North Guilford and North Madison the chestnut blight 
increased very rapidly in 1912. Young trees seemed to be less 
able to resist the attack than old and large ones. Present 
indications are that all chestnut sprouts will soon die. Some 
old trees seem likely to survive for a time.” 
Mr. E. C. Warner, of North Haven, says, however: “In 
regard to the chestnut blight I would say it was very much 
more prominent in 1911 than in 1912. I think it spread very 
fast in I910 and 1g1I, and not very much in 1912. In some 
places where we cut the diseased trees, blight did not increase 
very much, and one piece of sprouts I was through the other 
day did not seem any worse than last year.” 
Mr. C. A. Metzger, of Mount Carmel, also writes: “As a 
whole, the blight seems about the same as last year. It does 
not seem to have advanced as fast as it has hitherto. On our 
Mount Carmel farm the number of trees infected this year 
seems less than the number last year.” 
Litchfield County. Our first knowledge of the occurrence of 
the disease in this county was due to specimens sent by W. E. 
Frost from Bridgewater in January, 1909. The next August 
Mr. F. V. Stevens, Jr., sent specimens from Harwinton and 
also reported the disease from near Winsted; and Spaulding 
(69) found specimens at Bantam in September. In January, 
1910, E. M. Stoddard collected specimens at: Litchfield, and in 
March W. O. Ggrning sent others from Marbledale. So by 
the beginning of gto the disease was certainly well established 
throughout this county. So far the blight has not caused so 
much damage as in New Haven County, though in some places 
it has been very severe. Several of the best observers here seem 
