<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div style="font-family:courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> Yesterday I went to collect a couple samples of hybrid chestnut to compare to American chestnut. It is very interesting that all have something resembling bacterial leaf scorch on the leaves; the hybrid, a native collected in the field at the same location and the sample I collected from home. I can send photos comparing the samples if anyone is interested.</span></span></div><div style="font-family:courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></span></span></div><div style="font-family:courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> Richard Gardner</span></span></div></div></body></html>