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Hybrid Chestnuts at the Lesesne Forest, Virginia

ABSTRACT.--Approximately 12,000 hybrid chestnut seedlings were planted at the Lesesne State Forest, Nelson County, Virginia, between 1969 and 1975. Most of the trees were grown from open-pollinated seed of the best hybrid chestnut trees available based on tree form and apparent blight resistance. Seed was collected from 46 different trees or tree collections at several locations, with much of it derived from selections of breeding efforts at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. Outstanding individual trees in the Lesesne planting were selected in the spring of 1972, 1975, and 1980. Form, vigor, and blight resistance of several selections have been impressive to date. Efforts to propagate selections and future plans for seed orchards and controlled pollinations were discussed.


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Author(s): Richard A. Jaynes, Thomas A. Dierauf

Publication: American Chestnut Proceedings - 1982