Stigmatic Chestnut Blossoms 



Hand pollenizing of the chestnut is effected with the 



greatest facility, nothing more being required than to pluck a 



pollen-bearing branch, like that shown on the opposite page, and 



dust it lightly against such a stigmatic branch as this. Mr. 



Burbank has produced remarkable results by hybridizing 



chestnuts Jrom Japan with European and American 



species. Some hybrids are immune to the 



Jungus that destroys the American chestnut. 



