SILVICULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS 



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larly liable to damage by fire, and even the older trees are so 

 severely scorched that they become liable to fungus diseases. 



By permission oj the Connecticut State Forester. 



Fig. 19. — A plantation of chestnut and black locust 68 years of age. 



Chestnut killed back by fire often sprouts again, and it is common 

 to see groups of fairly thrifty sprouts surrounding the old dead 



