annot guarantee. We think this speaks for itself.

"We believe that if you would investigate this variety that you would
plant an orchard of Sober Paragon Chestnut trees, even if not a very
large one. We should like very much, indeed, to serve you and shall give
our personal attention to the selection and shipment of such trees as
you may require.

"Very truly yours,
"GLEN BROS., INC.
GM-AB "(s) JOHN G. MAYO."

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THE PRESIDENT: Would you mind giving us the date of that last letter?

DR. METCALF: That is October 20, 1915.

The other letter signed by Mr. Mayo is as follows, and is dated Oct. 29,
1915:

"Replying to your October 25th letter we do not think that you or your
friend need have the least anxiety on account of the chestnut blight
reaching your section. This disease seems to be confined to a very small
area in northeastern New Jersey, southeastern New York, and southwestern
Connecticut. The disease has been in existence in this country since
1842, it has made very little progress, and the highest authorities now
state that it seems to be on the wane." (Laughter.)

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MR. LITTLEPAGE: Do the experiments of the Department show any
possibility of control of the disease?

DR. METCALF: I don't think that there are any methods of control which
can profitably be applied to orchard trees under present commercial
conditions. If a man has a few orchard trees which he regards as
novelties and to which he is prepared to give very careful attention, I
think the disease can be controlled. So far as I can see, the only hope
of commercial control lies in none of the present varieties, but in Dr.
Van Fleet's hybrids, possibly in the Chinese chestnut, and, aside from
the objectionable qualities of the Japanese nut in certain strains of
Japanese. With the rapid withdrawal of the wild chestnuts from the
market, however, the price of chestnuts may rise, and control methods in
orchards become practicable.

MR. LITTLEPAGE: Mr. McCoy has been in Pennsylvania and has come back
with the very optimistic idea that the chestnut blight was under
control up there. I took him out on my farm in Maryland and showed him
my trees, and that the only thing that could destroy the trees faster
than the blight is a forest fire.

DR. METCALF: Exactly.

THE PRESIDENT: I believe, Dr. Metcalf, you conducted a series of
spraying experiments recently, and