PLANT A CHESTNUT ORCHARD 


Chestnut Blight Killed Trees 
About thirty years ago Chestnut Blight made its 
appearance in this section of the country and destroyed 
all of the valuable chestnut forests thereby depriving 
the country of valuable timber, as well as those de- 
licious nuts which old and young were eager to gather. 
All the chestnut trees in the woods surrounding our 
farm were destroyed by the blight, with the exception 
of six large trees on my farm that had been planted 
about seventy-five years ago by an old nurseryman. 
These trees are hardy and vigorous, as you will notice 
in the picture on the front page and are yielding 
bushels of fine nuts every year. 
Government Made Investigation 
The Department of Agriculture, at Washington, 
D. C., realizing the serious loss of the American chest- 
nut began an investigation to find a hardy chestnut that 
would withstand the blight and thereby replace the 
chestnut again in this country. 
When I found that the Government was interested 
in securing Blight Resistant Varieties I notified them 
and invited them to make an investigation of my trees 
which they readily consented to do. After an examina- 
tion they pronounced my trees of the Japanese Variety. 
We now have young trees in our orchard and nursery 
from this variety, raised from my old trees, ranging in 
age from three to ten years that are bearing heavy. 

