Evaluation of chestnut test plantings in the Eastern United States

Frederick H. Berry

doi:10.2737/NE-RP-454

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Evaluation of chestnut test plantings in the Eastern United States

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Authors:

Frederick H. Berry

Year:

1980

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NE-RP-454

Source:

Res. Pap. NE-454. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 5p.

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Abstract

Between 1947 and 1955, 15 plots were established in the Eastern United States to evaluate chestnut hybrids under forest conditions. During the 1978 field season these test plots were reassessed and all living chestnut trees critically examined. Ten percent of the 250 surviving hybrid chestnuts were blight resistant, and had the timber form and rapid growth of the American chestnut, Castanea dentata.

Citation

Berry, Frederick H. 1980. Evaluation of chestnut test plantings in the Eastern United States. Res. Pap. NE-454. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 5p.