chestnut blight
a disease of chestnuts, especially the American chestnut, characterized by bark lesions that girdle and eventually kill the tree, caused by a fungus, Endothia parasitica.
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Professor Craig: Mr. Hall has another interesting instance of chestnut blight.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting | Northern Nut Growers AssociationOn account of the rapid spread of the chestnut blight no other kinds of chestnut besides Chinquapins are desired at present.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting | Northern Nut Growers AssociationWe have found a few small lesions of chestnut blight which were removed by pruning and then painted with pine tar.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting | Northern Nut Growers AssociationThe chestnut blight (Endothia parasitica) attacks the Japanese chestnut about as freely as it does the American chestnut.
He worries more over this than he does over the chestnut blight.
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