. Chestnut blight. Chestnut blight; Chestnut. FARMERS' BULLETIN 2 068 irriiiated European chestnut or- cliards in California, but liliglit con- trol in other such orchards appar- ently has been successful in all cases. Every tree found to be in- fected is destroyed. In Washing- ton, Oregon, and California, State officials inspect chestnut plantings for the blight and take measures to control it; they also rigidly enforce an embargo on shipment of chest- nut nursery stock from the East. Control of 'the blight in the Pacific States is favored by the absence there of any native growth of chest- n
. Chestnut blight. Chestnut blight; Chestnut. FARMERS' BULLETIN 2 068 irriiiated European chestnut or- cliards in California, but liliglit con- trol in other such orchards appar- ently has been successful in all cases. Every tree found to be in- fected is destroyed. In Washing- ton, Oregon, and California, State officials inspect chestnut plantings for the blight and take measures to control it; they also rigidly enforce an embargo on shipment of chest- nut nursery stock from the East. Control of 'the blight in the Pacific States is favored by the absence there of any native growth of chest- nut and by the fact that the chestnut plantings are isolated from each other. Any suspected infection in a western State should be reported to the State plant FicaiuE 1.—Spread of the cliesliuit blight in the Eastern States. The solid line liounds the niitnrnl of the Aiiiericnn cheslnut. Broken lines hound tlie areas within whicli the hliglit had killed at least half the Anieriean chestnuts at the dates Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original 1906-1960
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