124 Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture. 



The early bearing of the original Boone tree has been 

 mentioned. It has continued to bear with remarkable con- 

 stancy and regularity. With only one important exception, 

 which was in 1910 when injured by a very late frost, the 

 crop has been larger each year than it was in the preceding 

 one. The bearing record of this tree as furnished by Mr. 

 Endicott * is as follows: 



Bearing record of the original Boone chestnut tree at Villa Ridge, III. 



1 Burs. 



2 Frost in June. 



The crop of 1913 was sold at 30 cents per pound, giving a 

 gross return for the one tree of $42. But, obviously, such a 

 large return is exceptional and not a safe basis for estimates, 

 of " aver age returns" for entire orchards. 



The bur of nuts illustrated in Plate XIV was grown &e 

 1913 by the late George W. Endicott, Villa Ridge, Pulaski 

 County, 111. 



i Letter from Mr. Endicott, October, 1913. 



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