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A potential timber-type Chinese chestnut

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Abstract

Fifty years ago the chestnut blight (Endothia parasitica) was discovered in New York City. Since then the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) has practically disappeared from our forests.

Citation

Diller, Jesse D. 1954. A potential timber-type Chinese chestnut. Forest Research Note NE-37. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4p.