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'I'AHi.ii Showing Growth of a Few Biisr Hybrids 



Name 



I laninioiul- -(T('»(;/(/ Xdciifdfn . 



— croniidXdentdtit ^ 



W'inthrop — crenataXdciitata . . 



Smith — crenataXdi'Jitahi 



" — crenataXdcntata 



" — crenataXdentata 



MiiUurn — crenaia Xdeiitnta . . . 



1 [aniinoiul — creniUa XdcnUita . 



^ SSXcn'nata 



mollissirnaXSi'f^u in i l 



rfrH7rttoX"S8"' 



"^^"Xdentnla 



"Si^"Xd(')itala 



2S191R .^1 XS233H 31 



^ mflllissiiiuLXHa.mnwud 86. . 



2 200B'31 X171A31 



Number, 

 and year 

 when nut 



was 

 produced 



H 86-31 



H 94-31 



W40-31 



S17()C-31 



S2()0H'-31 



110-32 



M19'-33 



H118A'-33 



9B-34 



20-34 



1J60B-35 



40-35 



3B-36 



70B-36 



328B-37 



17B-37 



■ight 



1936 



ft. in. 



14 

 9 

 9 

 10 

 10 

 9 

 6 

 6 

 3 

 3 

 2 



1 



10 i 

 6 



10 

 8 

 1 



5 

 4 

 4 

 9 



1937 

 ft. in. 



19 



1 1 



13 



13 



11 



13 



II 



10 



5 



4 



5 



4 



1 



1 



10 

 8 



2 

 5 



1938 

 ft. in. 



24* 



14 

 15 

 18* 



14 



7* 



I I' 



15* 

 13 



9 



6 



7 



5 



2 



3 



2 



2 



6 

 6 



* ^'ear's ^I'owth in 1938, four feet or more. 



' ■'S8" is a hybrid made by Dr. Walter Van Fleet of the V. S. D. A. It is 

 l)elie\ed to be a cross of the Japanese chestnut, C. crenaia, with the American 

 chiiu|uapin, Castaiiai puniila. 



" These ai'c second generation crosses, i.e. F2's, of (Smith) Japanese- 

 American hybrids. 



■* 'I'his is a cross of one of our most blight-resistant Chinese (('. maUisxinia) 

 with our best Japanese-American hybrid (the first in the above list) and 

 represents the most ]^romising stock we now ha\'e. We have also t)ther 

 seedlings of the same pedigree now growing. 



A list of iitils, witli ihcir senders, which were receix'cd in 1938, 

 follows : 



Nuls Rccch'cd from Out side Sources am! Plaiifcd in Cold Frames, 



J 'all of 1938 



Mar. ]. Castanea dentala from Mrs. C. D. Aiigleineycr, Cran- 



ford, N. J. 

 Oct. 1. ('. mollissima from Mr. J. B. Ga1)1e, Stcwartstown, Pa, 

 ('. mollissima X C. ereiuila from Mr. Id. ¥. Sloke, 



Roanoke, \'a. 



