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CASTANEA SP. Chinese chestnut. 



Young trees of this wild chestnut are growing in this 

 country in areas affected by the chestnut bark disease (Dia- 

 porthe parasitica Murr.) It is hoped that this species may be 

 immune to this malady, which is killing out the native chest- 

 nut trees of the country, and may prove a substitute for our 

 species. Its nuts are of fair quality. 



