I imagine that moat of the varieties there of apples 
and pears will go down very quickly with blight, should 
we attempt to grow them here. You know Bacillus 
amylovorous has apparently never been introduced into 
Austria or has never found conditions there for its 
spread congenial. What we must work for in this 
country is blight resistance in our fruits. Our 
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tropical summers make these diseases much more virulent 
than they are in Europe, and this combined with our 
extensive plantations as compared with smaller plant¬ 
ings makes conditions for the spread of these diseases 
much more favorable than in Europe. At least, this is 
the way the situation has always appeared to me. I 
am taking up with our apple and pear specialists the 
question of the advisability of trying out any of these 
Austrian varieties. Many of them undoubtedly have been 
tested. Others it might be worth while to try out, 
although,so far as the pears are concerned, the fact 
that they are of the pyrus communis type will make it 
hard to get an audience for them, so to speak. The 
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first question that the pear grower in this country 
asks now is whether the pear is blight resistant. 
The Mostbirnen run into the prohibition propaganda, 
and just when the bars may go down, although they will 
^ever go down on hard eiders, is a question. Do you 
know whether any of these 30called Mostbirnen have in 
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them any of the oriental blood, that is, blood of 
