The office records give the following information in regard to each
nursery inspection:—date, name and location of nursery, number of trees
inspected, number of trees rejected, fungicides used for dipping the
stock, name and location of purchaser of stock.
The nurseries from which chestnut stock was shipped during the fall of
1912 and spring of 1913, are as follows:—C. K. Sober, Paxinos, Pa.;
Hoopes Bros. & Thomas, West Chester, Pa.; Lovett Nursery, Emilie, Pa.;
Rakestraw & Pyle, Kennett Square, Pa.; Morris Nursery, West Chester,
Pa.; Cheltenham Nursery, Oak Lane, Pa.; Jos. Moore, Montoursville, Pa.;
S. L. Cummings & Co., Dewart, Pa.; and Marietta Nursery, Marietta, Pa.
In the fall of 1912, 6,538 trees were inspected. Of these 81 were
rejected, and the remainder 6,457, distributed. In the spring of this
year 5,305 trees were inspected, of which 195 were rejected and the
remainder 5,110 distributed. The trees rejected were either infected
with chestnut blight, or showed doubtful incipient infections. In case
of doubt the inspectors were instructed to reject the tree. The number
of rejected trees, however, is no indication of the percentage of
blight in any nursery, since many diseased trees are removed from the
nurseries previous to the time of making shipments, and only those
thought to be healthy trees are offered for inspection.
Probably the greater portion of the trees went to purchasers in either
Pennsylvania or New York. In case of re-distribution by other dealers,
however, the final destination of the stock is not known. According to
available records, the trees were sold to purchasers in the following
States.—California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia,
Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland,
Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin.