Evaluation of Chestnut Test Plantings in the Eastern United States
Both the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station once had programs aimed at breeding blight-resistant chestnut trees. To test the performance of these hybrid chestnuts under forest conditions and compare their growth with that of Chinese chestnut species, 15 chestnut test plots were established in 13 eastern and midwestern states between 1947 and 1955.
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Author(s): Frederick H. Berry
Publication: American Chestnut Proceedings - 1981