. Chestnut blight. Chestnut blight; Chestnut. CHESTNUT BLIGHT 17 have introduced Asiatic chestnuts, a huge number of which are known to have survived the blight in various parts of the country, and reports of otliers are desired. Strains of these oriental cliestnuts show marked differences in susceptibility, and it may not be practi- cable to control the blight on some of tlie very susceptible Figure 14.—A 17-year-old tree of the hairy Chinese chestnut growing at Bell Mel This tree produced over a bushel ot sweet nuts of good size in 1028, but onlj _ quarts in 1929 However, most of the
. Chestnut blight. Chestnut blight; Chestnut. CHESTNUT BLIGHT 17 have introduced Asiatic chestnuts, a huge number of which are known to have survived the blight in various parts of the country, and reports of otliers are desired. Strains of these oriental cliestnuts show marked differences in susceptibility, and it may not be practi- cable to control the blight on some of tlie very susceptible Figure 14.—A 17-year-old tree of the hairy Chinese chestnut growing at Bell Mel This tree produced over a bushel ot sweet nuts of good size in 1028, but onlj _ quarts in 1929 However, most of the oriental trees can be saved by systematically cutting out any cankers that may appear and then painting the wounds. If the trees are kept in a vigorously growing condition usually very little cutting out of cankers is necessary. JJetaiied information will be supplied by the Office of Forest Pathology, United States Department of Agriculture, to anyone interested m treating such 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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