CHESTNUT TREE FROM NORIII (VKOUN A 



After the California oak, the largest nut-hearir.g tree discovercfi by the association is this 

 chestnut (CasUiuen dnilala) 3 miles frc m Crestmont, N. C. It stands on the main range 

 of the Big Smoky Mountains, dividirg Tmncsste and North Carolina; the altitude oi 

 the location where the tree grows is al cut l.^Hi) feet. This sjiccinien is about 75 feet 

 high; its girth at 7 feet from the ground is .^3 feet 4 inches. Photograi)h from E. O. Aber- 

 nethy, Crestmont, N. C. (Fig. 9.) 



