66 TREATISE 



C H A P T E R X. 



The C H E S N U T TREE. 



The Species are : 



1. The common or Spanifli ,Ch esnut. 



2. The ftrip'd Chesnut. . - 



3. The Chinquapin, or dwarf Virginian Chesnut,. 



THIS much neglecfled, tho' graceful and. magnificent tree, hjv 

 attending to its proper culture, for fruit, timber, and copfe- 

 wood, might, in a few years, become among the greateft advan- 

 tages this country can reap by planting : I jfhall therefore be 

 particular in dire6ling the beft methods I know, of propagating 

 them for thefe different purpofes. 



To raife them for fruit, procure a parcel of the nuts from 

 Portugal or Spain ; pic4c out the largefl, plumpefl, and brownefl 

 of them ; the goodnefs of theTeed is known by its weight, to 

 try which, throw them into a tub of water ; reject fuch as fwim, 

 but thofe that link you may be fare are good ; preferve them 

 in dry land till the beginning of March, v/hen, having prepared 

 a fpot of loofe mellow ground, fow them in drills made with the 

 hoe, three inches deep, the drills about fourteen inches afunder, 

 and the nuts fix inches in the drill, where, as they fhoot freely, 

 I would advife that they, only remain one year. 



In February, or early in March following, which, from re-> • 

 peated experience, I prefer to the autumnal planting of thefe 



