•Viz NOTKS ON liHlTISH FoHKST TUKKS. 



not suit it. Cliestmit is a light demanding tree, but less so 

 than oak. During youth it stands some shade, so that it 

 thrives under Scotch pine woods. Later on in life it becomes 

 more light demanding. It is storm firm. 



Soil. — Chestnut likes a deep, porous, fresh and fertile soil. 

 It can grow in rather dry soil if deep, but avoids wet localities. 

 A loam}' sand suits it best ; it does not like heavy soil, and 

 avoids calcareous soils. 



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Chestnut has a straight stem, wliicli. Ikjwi-vit, branches at 

 a moderate height. If space permits, it produces a broad 

 ci'own, which is fairlj^ dense. The root system is deep going, 

 resembling that of the oak. 



The height growth during youth is somewhat more rapid 

 than that of oak, but it does not reach the same height as the 

 latter. It attains a very large diameter.* It is a long lived 

 tree, reaching an -age of more than 500 years. 



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Chestnut comes into full bearing at the age of about 

 50 years. Full seed years occur every "2 or 8 years, though 

 some seed is produced almost annually. 



The reproductive power from the stool is very great ; even 

 the stools of trees up to 100 years old, when cut over, yield 

 shoots ; the stools last a long time. 



f. ('hiiracirr anil Cdiii/ivsHinn nf Wnods. 



The chestnut is not very suitable for growing in pure woods 

 as high forest, as it opens out about the same time as the oak, 

 though not to the same extent. Such woods require under- 

 planting, it is, however, grown pure as coppice. It does 

 well in mixture with beech and oak as high forest ; in coppice 



• A cliestniit tree uii Mount Klii:i is reported to have a i:irtli of about 

 •2m feet (Dohiiur-Xoljbej. 



