Sieb. and Zucc., has been introduced into American gardens. 

 The trees begin to bear when very young. The nuts are not 

 sweet like our native chestnuts, but they are good when cooked. 



CHINQUAPIN (Castanea pumila, Mill.). Shrub to 50 feet 

 Shrub to medium-sized tree, with round top of spreading, 

 slender branches and pubescent twigs. Bark reddish brown, 

 broken into thin, scaly plates. Wood coarse-grained, brown, 

 hard, strong, durable, used for posts, rails, and ties. Leaves 

 oblong-oval, acute, with stiff, sharp teeth on margin, fuzzy 

 on opening, with thick, white wool lining, becoming thick, 

 yellow-green, smooth above and silvery-pubescent beneath, 

 3 to 5 inches long; short petioles. Flowers monoecious, silvery 

 pubescent, in axillary spikes; staminate, 4 to 6 inches long, 

 red-tipped, fragrant; pistillate on base of spike, few, bottle- 

 shaped. Fruit a spiny, 2-valved husk containing an ovoid, 

 sweet nut. Dist.: Bare, gravelly ridges, or swamp margins, 

 forming thickets, Pennsylvania to Florida; west to Arkansas 

 and Texas. 



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