Chestnut Importations into the US

Chestnut Importations into the US


Sandra L. Anagnostakis


The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, P.O. Box 1106,


New Haven, CT 06504


Sandra.Anagnostakis@ct.gov



When people find chestnut trees of any size growing in the New England woods they frequently call The Experiment Station, hoping that they have found an American chestnut tree resistant to Chestnut Blight Disease.  Usually the tree is Asian, or an Asian hybrid.  In previous centuries, chestnut trees were very important to the people on this continent.  They took advantage of "new and different" material much more than is generally realized, and were planting Asian species long before chestnut blight was discovered in New York City in 1904.  The USDA imported many seeds, and the Plant Introduction numbers can be searched for specific information about where the seed came from.  I have started compiling some information about the history of chestnut importations into North America, to help people better appreciate this valuable resource.  This will also be of value to people who know that "Grandpa got some chestnut trees called MAB from the government." and would like to know the origin of those trees.




1773   Castanea sativa


Thomas Jefferson brought cuttings of European chestnuts to his home, Monticello, and grafted them onto native American chestnut trees.



1799  Castanea sativa


Eleuthere Irenee DuPont de Nemours moved from France to Bergen Point, NJ, and then to Brandywine, DE.  He brought many European chestnuts with him, imported more later, hybridized them and planted them all over the area.



1876  Castanea crenata


In 1876, the S. B. Parsons Co. in Flushing, NY imported Japanese chestnuts through Thomas Hogg, who spent several years in Japan collecting many kinds of rare trees and shrubs.  The same year, the J. M. Thorburn Co. imported tea chests full of lily bulbs, and one contained Japanese chestnuts instead.  The nuts were planted in F. W. Bruggerhof’s garden in Stamford (Noroton), Connecticut, and some trees fruited two years later.  Seedlings had been given to his friends, and soon attracted attention because of the large size of the nuts.  Mr. Parsons marketed these trees and their seedlings as “Japan Chestnut” until Andrew S. Fuller (in his treatise on nut culture in 1896) proposed calling it “Parson’s Japan.” 


Japanese chestnuts have leaves that are smaller than the American or European.  They are long and narrow, with many leaf hairs on the underside, and teeth that are small and sharply pointed.  The nuts are large, but the pel is not easily removed, and tannins make them bitter until they are cooked.  These trees are among the most resistant to Chestnut Blight Disease, Phytophthora root disease (Ink Disease), and the many insects that attack the nuts.



There are three of these Parsons’ Japan chestnut trees still growing in Connecticut:  One is behind the Congregational Church in Cheshire, one is in front of the Bee and Thistle Inn in Old Lyme, and one is on the grounds of P. T. Barnum's house in Bridgeport.  The tree in Cheshire was probably planted by Tilton Munson or his son, who were then the owners of the property.  In the 1940’s, the owner was Mr. A. N. Sheriff, headmaster of the Cheshire Academy, who gave Arthur Graves permission to use the tree in crosses.  We have no information on the people who planted the Bee and Thistle tree.  The Old Lyme Inn, across the street from the Bee and Thistle, has Japanese chestnuts that look like the ‘Japan Giant’ sold by Ellwanger and Barry (Mt. Hope nurseries) in Rochester, NY, and these provide pollen for the Bee and Thistle tree.



1882  Castanea crenata


William Parry of Parry, NJ, imported 1,000 grafted trees, and selected 'Parry' for sale.



1886  Castanea crenata


Luther Burbank imported 10,000 nuts for selecting and hybridizing.  In 1893, he sold three trees to Judge Andrew J. Coe of Meriden, CT.  These were sold in 1897 to J. H. Hale of South Glastonbury who named them 'Coe', 'Hale', and 'McFarland' and sold them from his nursery.



1900  the 'Paragon' hybrid


 [from Powell, 1899]


Great American (PA State Hort. Assoc. Proc. 1887)


Paragon (Popular Gardening, Dec. 1888)



"Burs immense, flattened, spines very long, branched, husk fleshy: nuts large, three or more in a bur, apex broad, depressed, 34 mm broad, 30 long, 23 thick, pubescent at tip, and slightly over two-thirds, dull dark brown, ridged, quality excellent;  tree hardy, spreading, vigorous; foliage distinct, narrow, coarsely serrate, tapering gradually at the point, base narrow, subject to leaf blight;  enormously productive, ripens at Parry, NJ Oct 10-15."



"Probably a seedling of a European chestnut, popularly supposed to have been planted by George Washington, standing at the first of this century on the west bank of the Schuylkill, above Philadelphia, on land owned by Richard Peters.  The parent nut was obtained by the late W. L. Shaffer, Germantown, PA, and was planted there more than fifty years ago (exact date unknown), on land now occupied by the Deaf and Dumb Asylum.  About 1875 the late H. M. Engle, Marietta, PA obtained grafts through Mr. Thomas Meehan, and introduced the nut in the early eighties, first as Great American, from its supposed American origin, and later as Paragon, when its European descent was fully accepted.  Its early prestige was a result of its supposed American origin, it being referred to the American type in its early references.  Bailey, in 1891, (Am. Garden), classed it as an American from the tapering form, and broad, deep serrations of the leaf, which are similar in the American foliage.



The form of the leaves alone support the supposed American origin of the 'Paragon' but the thickness of the foliage, which I have found a much less variable character than form, is distinctly European; the narrow base of the leaf is more European than American; and the low, spreading tree is distinctly European.  It is not unlikely that the parent nut resulted from American pollen on the European pistil, for the Americans and Europeans readily cross; or, what is equally probably, the form of the foliage may be a varietal variation from the type.  I am personally inclined to the latter view, as I find many gradations in form in the foliage of the European type, the same tree, as the 'Ridgely', or 'Styer' often producing leaves which vary from the abrupt to the narrow, long, tapering point.



I am indebted to Mr. Thomas Meehan for the facts concerning the parentage and early history of the 'Paragon'."



The Sober Groves


From the report of Ernest A. Sterling to the NY Legislature, 1903



"Mr. Coleman K. Sober is a wealthy lumberman of Lewisburg, PA, a man who has long been identified with the lumbering interests of central PA, an ardent sportsman, an advocate of forest and game protection, and on the whole a strong, energetic individual with an inborn ability to make a success of whatever he undertakes.  The motive which impelled him to make a costly experiment in chestnut culture was found in the desire to reclaim the waste lands of the State, and in the belief that a properly conducted chestnut grove would be a paying business venture.  The idea of grafting chestnut trees came to Mr. Sober when, as a boy, he helped his father graft apple trees on the old farm, which is now the improved country estate of which the chestnut groves are a part.  There existed near the old farmhouse a large native chestnut tree, the decrepit remains of which can still be seen, that bore chestnuts of unusual size and excellent flavor.  To graft scions from this tree upon the poorer native chestnut trees of the vicinity was a boyhood dream, which was always discouraged; so that the realization of the desire came only recently, and not until Mr. Sober had grown to mature manhood.  Of course when the work of grafting chestnut trees was finally taken up on a large scale it was not the fine old native chestnut which furnished the scions, but rather the larger and more valuable imported or improved native varieties which were used.  True to his old desire, however, Mr. Sober grafted a number of trees with twigs from the old native tree, but as yet they are not old enough to bear profusely.



The chestnut grove proper is a part of Mr. Sober's large model farm, and is divided into two detached parcels with a total area of nearly 300 acres, the exact acreage not being known.  In location it is in Irish Valley about six miles from the small station of Paxinos on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and some eight miles from the mining town of Shamokin. 



In the choice of species very little experimental work has been done.  It was early decided that the 'Paragon' nut was the best; hence this variety alone has been grafted extensively.  Investigations in other orchards, and the literature consulted, confirm this choice of variety as a wise one.  Compared with the common European and Japanese chestnuts the 'Paragon' is more prolific, less troubled by curculio, comes into bearing sooner, and has a finer flavored nut.  In size, too, the nuts are equal to the best.  With selected nuts thirty two will weigh one pound, while many specimens will cover a silver dollar.  The rapidity with which the 'Paragon' will come into bearing is also astonishing.  One little two-year-old graft, no higher than a man's shoulder, last year matured fifty-six burs; while a tree three to four years old will produce a pint or two of nuts……There are approximately 240 grafted trees per acre in Mr. Sober's grove at present.  The total number of trees is probably not far from 75,000."



From the Northunberland County, Pennsylvania Annals, p. 340


“Rows of young trees have been grafted to the Sober Paragon nut, and heavy shipments are made each season.  At first the orders were mainly from the New England States, but now they come from all parts of this country and even from Europe.  In 1908 a solid carload of the Sober Paragon nut went to Seattle, Wash.  In the summer of 1910, a Seattle man who had an ambition to enter the business on a large scale offered to buy Mr. Sober’s entire yield for that year.  Several carloads of young trees are sold every spring.  In 1910 Mr. Sober shipped and sold to one concern, Glen Brothers of Rochester, NY, seven carloads of bearing trees, and in addition to this shipment sold to various other concerns over five thousand grafted trees (nursery stock, two and a half to three feet high).  In 1911 he shipped to Glen Brothers two carloads (one shipment) of bearing trees, eight to twelve feet in height, and in addition to the same concern at various times over ten thousand trees.”




1903  Chestnuts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey Chestnuts


From the report of Ernest A. Sterling to the NY Legislature, 1903



Sober                         300 acres                               central PA near Shamokin


            75,000 grafted 'Paragon'



Albion                                    150 acres                               Clementon, NJ


            9,000 to 15,000 grafted trees, mostly 'Numbo"



Mammoth                  120 acres                               Clementon, NJ


            As Albion



Moon                          (nursery)                                Morrisville, PA


            Grafted and sold, mostly 'Numbo', original from France or England, 1850



Comfort                      1 acre                                     Fallsington, PA


            56 grafted trees, mostly 'Numbo'



Lovett                         22 acres                                 Emilie, PA


            1,200 grafted trees, mostly 'Paragon'



Collins                       30 acres                                 Morristown, NJ


            Grafted many cultivars, 'Paragon' best



Parry Brothers Nursery                                           Cinnaminson, NJ


            Many grafted seedlings, $90 per 100



Williams                                                                     Riverton, NJ


            7,500 seedlings grafted with European and Japanese cultivars



Beecher                     ~80 acres                               Pottsville, PA


            18,000 grafted 'Paragon'



Useful References


Trees:


  1. Buckhout, W. A.  1896.  Chestnut culture for fruit.  Bulletin #36, The Pennsylvania State College Agricultural Experiment Station, State College, PA.
  2. Frothingham, E. H.  1912.  Second-growth hardwoods in Connecticut.  U.S. Dept. Agric., Forest Service Bulletin #96, Washington, DC
  3. Fuller, A. S.  1896.  The Nut Culturist:  A treatise on the Propagation, Planting and Cultivation of Nut-bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States.  Orange Judd Co., New York.
  4. Meyer, F. N.  1911.  Agricultural explorations in the fruit and nut orchards of China.  U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau of Plant Industry Bulletin #204, Washington, DC
  5. Powell, G. H.  1898.  The European and Japanese chestnuts in the Eastern United States.  Delaware College Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin #42, Newark, DE.
  6. Zon, R.  1904.  Chestnut in Southern Maryland.  U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau of Forestry Bulletin #53, Washington, DC



Chestnut Blight Disease


1.    Anderson, P. J. and Rankin, W. H.   1914.  Endothia canker of chestnut.  Cornell Univ. Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin #347, Ithaca, NY.


2.    Fairchild, D.  1913.  The discovery of the chestnut bark disease in China.  Science 38:279-299.


3.    Merkel, H. W.  1905.  A deadly fungus on the American chestnut.  NY Zool. Soc., 10th Ann. Rep., NY.


4.    Metcalf, H. and Collins, J. F.  1909.  The present status of the chestnut bark disease.  U.S.D.A. Bureau of Plant Industry Bulletin #141, part 5, pages 45 to 53.


5.    Murrill, W.A.  1908.  The spread of the chestnut disease.  J. NY Botanical Garden 9:23-30.


6.    Shear, C. L. and Stevens, N. E.  1913.  The chestnut-blight parasite (Endothia parasitica) from China.  Science 38:295-297.


7.    Shear, C. L. and Stevens, N. E.  1916.  The discovery of the chestnut-blight parasite (Endothia parasitica) and other chestnut fungi in Japan.  Science 43:173-176.



People:


1.    Cunningham, I. S.  1984.  Frank N. Meyer:  Plant Hunter in Asia.  Iowa State Univ. Press; Ames, IA.


2.    Fairchild, D.  1938.  The World Was My Garden.  C. Scribner's Sons, NY.


3.    Sutton, S. B.  1970.  Charles S. Sargent and the Arnold Arboretum.  Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, MA.


4.    Sutton, S. B.  1974.  In China's Border Provinces:  The Turbulent Career of Joseph Rock, Botanist-Explorer.  Hastings Co., NY.


Records from the Plant Introduction Publications, 1901 through 1925


DATE             P.I. NUMBER                       SPECIES AND INFORMATION


1901


                        6530   Castanea sp.


                                    G.D. Brill; Hankow, China


                        6533   Castanea sp.


                                    G.D. Brill; Ichang, China


                        6634   Castanea sp.


                                    G.D. Brill; “seed mixed, large and medium” China


1902


                        8362   Castanea sp.


                                    Lathrop and Fairchild; Canton, China


8393   Castanea crenata


            “Japan Mammoth,” L. Boehmer & Co., Yokohama, Japan


1904


                        12773 Castanea crenata


                                    F.W. Bruggerhof, president of J.M. Thorburn Co.,


                                    New York City


1905


                        12681 Castanea vesca [sativa]


                                    San Giovanni a Teduccio near Naples through Damman & Co.


                        13130 Castanea crenata


                                    T.E. Steele, Palmyra, NY


                        13131 Castanea sativa


                                    T.E. Steele, Palmyra, NY


1909


                        26230-231     Castanea pumila X Castanea crenata


                                    VanFleet, Little Silver, NJ


                        26232-233     Castanea pumila X Castanea, “Paragon”


                                    VanFleet, Little Silver, NJ


                        26234-235     Castanea pumila X Castanea crenata


                                    F2 selfed, VanFleet, Little Silver, NJ


1910


                        27587 Castanea (Corean)


                                    Yokohama Co. (purchased from nursery)


                        28513 Castonopsis


                                    “Ber shin tze,” Wu chang, Hupeh, China


1912


                        34517 Castanea sp.


                                    wild, Tientsin, China  planted in row M16


1913


                        35891 Castanea mollissima


                                    “Lee tze,” Frank Meyer #1867a


                                    low branching, open headed


                                    San Tun Ying, China


1913 (continued)


                        35917 Castanea sp.


                                    Seoul, Chosen, Korea


                                    free from insect injury, very sweet, loose pellicle


                        36666 Castanea mollissima


                                    “Lee tze,” Frank Meyer #1893a


                                    Pang shan region, northeast of Peking


                                    250 lbs. of seed (!)


1914


                        37547 Castanea mollissima


                                    Frank Meyer #1103


                                    Yatzeko (villege), south of Sianfu, China


                                    said to have large fruits, very blight resistant


                        37548 Castanea mollissima


                                    “K’uei li tzu,” Frank Meyer #2005a


                                    one days’ journey south of Sianfu


                                    a “Lee tze” type with very large nuts


                        37799 Castanea mollissima


                                    “K’uei li tzu,” Frank Meyer #2006a


                                    Yatzeko, China (same as 37548)


                                    not very hardy north of Washington, D.C.


                        37800 Castanea mollissima


                                    “Yin li tzu” (means Silver Chestnut),


                                    Frank Meyer #2007a


                                    ordinary local chestnut, small nuts,


                                    low branching, not tall, leaves persist until spring


                        38182 Castanea mollissima


                                    Frank Meyer #2013a


                                    Taishan region near Taianfu, Shantung, China


                                    very susceptible to blight,


                                    nuts peculiar, bent in at tops


                        39550 and 39551  Castanea sp.


                                    Nanking, China (collected inside city)


                        39618 Castanea sp.


                                    Songdo, Chosen, Korea


                        39413 Castanea crenata


                                    “Imperial,” Tokyo, Japan


1915              


39717 Castanea sp.


                                    Anhwei, Nanking, China


                        39866 Castanea sp.


                                    China


                        39721 Castanea mollissima


                                    Tientsin, China


                        39965 Castanea crenata


                                    Buitenzorg, Java


1915 (continued)


                        40035 Castanea sp.


                                    Frank Meyer #2173a


                                    Huihsien, Kansu, China


                                    medium tall, slender trunk, bark smoother than


                                    mollissima; leaves, burs, and nuts small,


                                    likes shade, damp soil


                        40036 Castanea sp.


                                    Frank Meyer #2174a


                                    Chenghsien, Kansu, China


as 40035, wild in mountains, mild climate only


                        40209 Castanea sp.


                                    Nanking, Kiangsu, China


                        40508 Castanea mollissima


                                    Frank Meyer #2179a


                                    “Qui li tzu,” more resistant to blight than


                                    normal, Yatzeko, S of Sianfu, Shensi, China


1916


                        43832 Castanea henryi


                                    cuttings from the Arnold Arboretum


                                    probably #551 of E.H. Wilson from 1908



1917               44197 Castanea mollissima


                                    Frank Meyer #2324a


                                    Pangshan district NE of Peking


                                    dark colored nuts


                        44198 Castanea mollissima


                                    Frank Meyer #2325a


                                    Pangshan district NE of Peking


                                    light colored nuts


                        44448 Castanea mollissima


                                    Anhwei province, China


                        44440 Castanopsis sp.


                                    Anchin, Anhwei province, China


                        45255 Castanea crenata


                                    Y. Kin, China, Hangchow, Chekiang Province


                                    large nutted variety


                        45256 Castanea crenata


                                    as above


                                    small nutted variety


                        45329 Castanea neglecta


                                    D. Grinnan, Madison Co., VA, Rapidan River bank


                                    assumed to be a hybrid, pumila X dentata


1918


                        45330 to 45342    Castanea sp.


                                    various o.p. seeds from W. Van Fleet, Bell, MD.


1918 (continued)


                        45507 Castanea sp.


                                    o.p. seeds from J.W. Killen, Felton, DE


45670 Castanea henryi


            as 43832


45858-45866  Castanea spp.


            cuttings from Van Fleet, Bell, MD


45947 Castanea mollissima


            Frank Meyer #2457a


            “Ta pan li tze” “large board oak” seeds


            Ichang, Hupeh, China (mountains)


45948 Castanea mollissima


            Frank Meyer #2458a


            “Wa li tze” “bean chestnut” wholly resistant


            to blight, wild trees 3000 to 6000 above sea


            level, Wantiaoshan, Hupeh, China


45949 Castanea seguinii


            Frank Meyer #2459a


            “Moh pan li,” “hairy board oak” shrubby


            chinquapin totally resistant to blight


            Ichang, Hupeh, China


46780 Castanea mollissima


            Wushek, N China


46822-46831            Castanea neglecta


            Cape Henry, VA


47330-47348            Castanea dentata


            scions of trees found by A.H. Graves,


            collected by W. Van Fleet


            may have some blight resistance


1919


                        48555 Castanea crenata


                                    Kobe, Japan


                                    seeds being loaded for shipment to America


                        48556 Castanea crenata ?


                                    Foochow, China, seeds from the market


1922


                        55079 Castanea sativa


                                    Vilmor in-Andrieux & Co., Paris, France


                                    Leaves of various shapes, “heterophylla”


                        55827 Castanea sativa


                                    C.S. Sargent


                                    From T.H. Symington’s land in Morristown, N.J.


                        55930 Castanea mollissima


                                    J.F. Rock #6165


                                    Yangpi Mts. Near Tsangshan Range, China


1922 (continued)


                        55983 Castanea sp.


                                    J.F. Rock #6256


                                    8000 to 9000 ft, Yangpi Mts., China


                        55984 Castanea sp.


                                    J.F. Rock #6256


                                    wild trees, 8000 ft, Haitung Range east of Lake Tali, China


                        56080 Castanea sp.


                                    J.F. Rock #6682


                                    8200 ft, W of Talifu and 12 mi from Yungping, China


                        56081 Castanea sp.


                                    J.F. Rock #6683


                                    Yellow clay forest 6 mi from Paitoupu, China


                        56082 Castanea sp.


                                    J.F. Rock #6683a


                                    As above, smaller burs, spines different


                        56083 Castanea sp.


                                    J.F. Rock #6686


                                    Near Talipingpu, W of Talifu, China


                        56118 Castanea sp.


                                    J.F. Rock (no number)


                                    Kancha, N of Tengyueh, China


                        56119 Castanea sp.


                                    J.F. Rock #6683


                                    Paitoupu, China


                        56128 Castanea sp.


                                    J.F. Rock #6714


                                    6,500 ft, N of Manchi, China


                        56129 Castanea sp.


                                    J.F. Rock #6715


                                    Tops of ridges above Menglien, China


1924


                        58602 Castanea mollissima


                                    Nanking, China


                                    Seed purchased from Prof. J.H. Reisner, Forestry


                                    University of Nanking


                        58659 Castanea mollissima


                                    Yihsien, Shantung, China


                        58719-58724            Castanea mollissima


                                    Shantung, China


                        61834 Castanea sp.


                                    P.H. Dorsett #790


                                    Fa Hua Ssu temple, Taitzu, Chihli, China


                                    Finest nuts and trees seen


1924 (continued)


                        61835 Castanea sp.


                                    P.H. Dorsett #791


                                    Fa Hua Ssu temple, Taitzu, Chihli, China


                                    Ordinary nuts and trees


                        62129 Castanea mollissima


                                    N China, hardy, blight-resistant trees


1925


                        62257 Castanea sp.


                                    P.H. Dorsett #1677


                                    “Hu chaoli Tzu” “Tiger Paw,” same as #61834


                        62258 Castanea sp.


                                    P.H. Dorsett #1678, same as #61835


                        62393 Castanea mollissima


                                    F.A. McClure #23


                                    “Fung Lut,” Lungtin, Kwangtung, China


                        62764 Castanea sp.


                                    P.H. Dorsett #1871


                                    Same source as #61834, nuts ripen later


                        65450 Castanea henryi


                                    from C.S. Sargent, Arnold Arboretum


                                    probably their Wilson import, as 43832


                        65619 Castanea mollissima


                                    J.H. Dorsett #4687


                                    “Ta chao li tze” “Tiger Paw,” same as #61834


                        65620 Castanea mollissima


                                    J.H. Dorsett #4688


                                    “Pai lu li tze” “White Dew,” same as #61835



1927               74157 Castanea mollissima


                                    R. E. Holtum, Singapore, Straits Settlements Botanical Garden


                                   


Seeds sown in the Plant Introduction Station at Bell, MD with the row designations (letters), PI numbers and numbers assigned by Fred Berry, species, and year planted.


Row

PI #

Fred Berry #

Species

date

A

76196

C. crenata

1929

B

76097, 76105, 76187

C. crenata

1929

C

76093

C. crenata

1929

D

77214

C. crenata

1929

E

76090

C. crenata

1929

F

77225

C. crenata

1929

G

77217

C. crenata

1929

H

77242

C. crenata

1929

I

77213

C. crenata

1929

J

77226

C. crenata

1929

K

77210

C. crenata

1929

L

77205

C. crenata

1929

(M)

N

76192

C. crenata

1928

O

77238

C. crenata

1928

P

77222

C. crenata

1928

Q

76202

C. crenata

1928

R

76094

C. crenata

1928

S

77218, 77219

C. crenata

1928

T

77216

C. crenata

1928

U

77209

C. crenata

1928

V

76201

C. crenata

1928

W

76186

C. crenata

1928

X

76088

C. crenata

1928

Y

77241

C. crenata

1928

Z

77240, 77236

C. crenata

1928

AA

77228

C. crenata

1927

AB

75469, 75472, 75473, 75474, 75476

72311

C. crenata

1927

AC

75477

C. crenata

1927

AD

75478

C. crenata

1927

AE

75479

C. crenata

1927

AF

75480

C. crenata

1927

AG

75481

C. crenata

1927

AH

75482

C. crenata

1927

AI

75483, 75485, 75486, 75487, 75488, 75489, 75490

C. crenata

1927

(AJ)

AK

75491

C. crenata

1927

AL

75492

C. crenata

1927

AM

75493, 75494

C. crenata

1927

AN

75495

C. crenata

1927

AO

75496

C. crenata

1927

AP

75497

C. crenata

1927

AQ

75498

C. crenata

1927

AR

75499

C. crenata

1927

AS

75500, 75501

C. crenata

1927

AT

75502

C. crenata

1927

AU

75503

C. crenata

1927

AV

75504

C. crenata

1927

AW

75505

C. crenata

1927

AX

75506

C. crenata

1927

AY

75507

C. crenata

1927

BA

75508

C. crenata

1927

BB

C. crenata

1927

BC

75509

C. crenata

1927

BD

C. crenata

1927

BE

75511

C. crenata

1927

BF

75512

C. crenata

1927

BG

75513

C. crenata

1927

BH

75514

C. crenata

1927

BI

75515

C. crenata

1927

BJ

75516

C. crenata

1927

BK

75517

C. crenata

1927

BL

75518

C. crenata

1927

BM

75519

C. crenata

1927

BN

75520

C. crenata

1927

BO

75521

C. crenata

1927

BP

75522

C. crenata

1927

BQ

75523

C. crenata

1927

BR

75524

C. crenata

1927

BS

75525

C. crenata

1927

(BT)

BU

C. crenata

1927

BV

C. crenata

1927

BW

C. crenata

1927

BX

C. crenata

1927

BZ

C. crenata

1927

CC

77221

C. crenata

1929

DD

77220

C. crenata

1929

EE

77204

C. crenata

1929

FF

77200

C. crenata

1929

GG

75197

C. crenata

1929

HH

76188

C. crenata

1929

II

76095

C. crenata

1929

JJ

76091 & 76092

C. crenata

1929

KK

77239

C. crenata

1929

LL

77234

C. crenata

1929

(MM)

NN

77233

C. crenata

1929

OO

77229

C. crenata

1929

PP

77215

C. crenata

1929

QQ

77206

C. crenata

1929

RR

77202

C. crenata

1929

SS

76187

C. crenata

1929

TT

76096

C. crenata

1929

UU

76089

C. crenata

1929

VV

80388

C. species

1929

WW

78644

C. crenata

1929

(XX)

YY

77207

C. crenata

1929

ZZ

76198

C. crenata

1928

(DA-DD)

DE

85767

C. crenata

1929

DF

85765

C. crenata

1929

DG

85769

C. crenata

1929

DH

85770

C. crenata

1929

(DI)

DJ

85771

C. crenata

1930

DK

85772

C. crenata

1930

(DL)

DM

85774

C. crenata

1930

DN

85775

C. crenata

1930

DO

85776

C. crenata

1930

DP

85777

C. crenata

1930

DQ

85778

C. crenata

1930

DR

85779

C. crenata

1930

DS

85780

C. crenata

1930

DT

85781

C. crenata

1930

DU

87582

C. crenata

1930

DH

85770

C. crenata

1930

(DI)

DJ

85771

C. crenata

1930

DK

85772

C. crenata

1930

(DL)

DM

85774

C. crenata

1930

DN

85775

C. crenata

1930

DO

85776

C. crenata

1930

DP

85777

C. crenata

1930

DQ

85778

C. crenata

1930

DR

85779

C. crenata

1930

DS

85780

C. crenata

1930

DT

85781

C. crenata

1930

DU

85782

C. crenata

1930

DV

85783

C. crenata

1930

DW

85784

C. crenata

1930

DX

85785

C. crenata

1930

DY

85786

C. crenata

1930

DZ

85787

C. crenata

1930

(EA-EE)

EF

85788

C. crenata

1929

EG

85789

C. crenata

1929

EH

85790

C. crenata

1929

(EI)

EJ

85791

C. crenata

1929

EK

85792

C. crenata

1929

EL

85793

C. crenata

1929

EM

85794

C. crenata

1929

EN

85795

C. crenata

1929

EO

85796

C. crenata

1929

EP

85797

C. crenata

1929

EQ

85798

C. crenata

1929

(ER)

ES

85801

C. crenata

1929

ET

85802

C. crenata

1929

EU

85803

C. crenata

1929

EV

85804

C. crenata

1929

(EW-EZ)

FA

76194

C. crenata

1928

GA

95576

C. crenata

1932

GB

95577

C. crenata

1932

GC

95578

C. crenata

1932

GD

95579

C. crenata

1932

GE

98256

C. crenata

1932

GF & GU

98733

C. crenata

1932

GH

98734

C. crenata

1932

GI

98735

C. crenata

1932

GJ

98736

C. crenata

1932

GK

101705

C. crenata

GL

101704

C. crenata

GM

104014

C. crenata

GN

104015

C. crenata

GO

104016

C. crenata

GP

104017

C. crenata

GQ

104018

C. crenata

GR

104019

C. crenata

GS

104020

C. crenata

GT

104021

C. crenata

GU

98733

C. crenata

1932, 1933

GV

108815

C. crenata

1934

GW

113678

C. crenata

1936, 1937

GX

113677

C. crenata

1936

GY

113676

C. crenata

1936

GZ

113679

C. crenata

1936

AAA

76193

C. crenata

1928

BBB

76191

C. crenata

1928

CCC

76190

C. crenata

1928

DDD

77203

C. crenata

1928

EEE

i.d. lost

ERA

85799

C. crenata

1929

ERB

85800

C. crenata

1929

FFF

76189

C. crenata

1928

GAA

113674

C. crenata

1936

GAB

113675

C. crenata

1936

GLS

101704

C. crenata

1933

GLL

101704

C. crenata

1933



MA

77227

C. mollissima (Korea)

1929

MB

77232

C. mollissima (Korea)

1929

MC

77233

C. mollissima (Korea)

1929

MD

77230

C. mollissima (Korea)

1929

ME

85805

C. mollissima (Korea)

1929

MF

85806

C. mollissima

1930

MG

85807

C. mollissima

1930

MH

85808

C. mollissima

1930

MI

86872

7810

C. mollissima (Japan)

1930

MJ

86873

7811

C. mollissima (Japan)

1930

MK

95615

17984

C. mollissima

1932

ML

95641

18011

C. mollissima

1932

MM

95642

18012

C. mollissima

1932

MN

95643

18013

C. mollissima

1932

MO

95644

18014

C. mollissima

1932

MP

95645

18015

C. mollissima

1932

MQ

95646

18016

C. mollissima

1932

MR

95647

18017

C. mollissima

1932

MS

95648

18018

C. mollissima

1932

MT

97853

19132

C. mollissima

1932

MU

98001

19307

C. mollissima

1932

MV

98002

19308

C. mollissima

1932

MW

98003

19309

C. mollissima

1932

MX

101588

23378

C. mollissima

1932

MY

101589

23393

C. mollissima

1932

MZ

101590

23379

C. mollissima

1932

MKO

mixed F2 of MK to MS in RANDLE NURSERY

C. mollissima

1934

MAA

101591

23380

C. mollissima

1933

MAB

101592

23381

C. mollissima

1933

MAC

101593

23382

C. mollissima

1933

MAD

101594

23383

C. mollissima

1933

MAE

101595

23384

C. mollissima

1933

MAF

101596

23392

C. mollissima

1933

MAG

101599

23385

C. mollissima

1933

MAH

101598

23386

C. mollissima

1933

(MAI)

MAJ

101600

23389

C. mollissima

1933

MAK

101601

23390

C. mollissima

1933

MAL

101602

MAM

101603

23388

C. mollissima

1933

MAN

101982

23898

C. mollissima

1933

MAO

101983

23899

C. mollissima

1933

MAP

101606

23395

C. mollissima

1933

MAQ

101690

23396

C. mollissima

1933

MAR

101601?

23397

C. mollissima

1933

MAS

101605

23398

C. mollissima

1933

MAT

104059

27060

C. mollissima

1934

MAU

104061

27062

C. mollissima

1934

MAV

104062

27063

C. mollissima

1934

MAW

104063

27065

C. mollissima

1934

MAX

104060

27061

C. mollissima

1934

MAY

108553

34096

C. mollissima

1935

MAZ

108554

24097

C. mollissima

1935

MBA

108552

C. mollissima

1935

MBB

113664

C. mollissima

1936

MBC

113665

C. mollissima

1936

MBD

113663

C. mollissima

1936

MBE

113666

C. mollissima

1936

MBF

113669

C. mollissima

1936

MBG

113667

C. mollissima

1936

MBH, MBJ

113668

C. mollissima

1936

MBK

134722

C. mollissima

1939

MBL

134723

C. mollissima

1939

MBM

134724

C. mollissima

1939

MBN

134725

C. mollissima

1939

MB0

134726

C. mollissima

1939

MBP

134727

C. mollissima

1939

MBQ

134728

C. mollissima

1939

MBR

134729

C. mollissima

1939

MBS

134730

C. mollissima

1939

MBT

153153

C. mollissima

1946

MCH

Seedlings of 78744 from CHICO

C. mollissima



HA

95631

C. Henryi

1932

HB

95633

C. Henryi

1932

HC

101587

C. Henryi

1933

HD

104057

C. Henryi

1934

HE

104058

C. Henryi

1934

(HF)

HG

108550

C. Henryi

1935

(HH – HI)

HJ

108551

C. Henryi

1935

HK

113661

C. Henryi

1936

(HL)

128570

C. Henryi

1938



SA

101607

C. seguinii

1933

SB

104064

C. seguinii

1934

SC

108555

C. seguinii

1935

SD

112753

C. seguinii

1935

SE

120647

C. seguinii

1937





Forest Pathology numbers and Bell planting designations.



FP#     Bell location                                      PI #                 Species


36        Scions, Ardaley on Hudson, NY   75416             crenata


40        Nuts, Little Silver, NJ                                   75420             crenata


41        W.Va                                                                          (crenata x pumila) o.p.


41A     W.VA                                                                          (dentata x pumila) o.p.


42        Bell, MD                                                                     (crenata x pumila) F3


43        Seed, Girard, PA                              75423             “probably” mollissima


44        Van Fleet, mixed hybrids, PA seed


            C-1                                                                              mollissima


45                                                                                            crenata X mollissima


46                                                                                            crenata


48                                                                                            crenata


52                                                                                            crenata hybrids


53        Bell                                                                             mollissima


54                                                                                            crenata hybrids


55                                                                                            crenata


56                                                        45947 o.p.                 mollissima


57                                                                                            crenata


58                                                                                            crenata


59                                                                                            crenata


60                                                                                            Castanea sp.


61                                                                                            crenata


62                                                                                            crenata


63                                                                                            crenata


64                                                                                            mollissima


65                                                                                            crenata


66                                                                                            vesca


67                                                                                            crenata


68                                                                                            crenata


            A         Beattie #731              78024                         crenata


            A-75    Japanese x Chinese hybrid, Bell, MD


            B         Beattie #721              78014                         crenata


            C         Beattie #717              78008                         crenata


            C-1      Chinese                     34517                         mollissima


            D         Beattie #749              78627                         crenata


            E         Beattie #712 & #715            78005                         crenata


            F          Beattie #760              78637                         crenata


            G         Beattie #762              78630                         crenata


            H         Beattie #772              78649                         crenata


            I           Beattie #748              78626                         crenata


            J          Beattie #761              78638                         crenata


            K         Beattie #745              78624                         crenata


            L          Beattie #740              78620                         crenata


            L-21    Chinese x Japanese hybrid, Bell, MD


            M         no record


            M-16   seedlings of PI#34517 from Savannah, GA       mollissima o.p.


            M-33                                                                           alnifolia X mollissima


            M-38                                                                           japonica hybrid


            N         Beattie #728              78021                         crenata


            O         Beattie #768 1/2       78645                         crenata


            O-7                                                                              mollissima


1344   O-16   OR Chinese x Japanese hybrid, Bell, MD                                                                      O-70                                                                           mollissima


            P         Beattie #757              78635                         crenata


            P45                                                                             mollissima


            P72                                                                             mollissima


            Q         Beattie #734              78028                         crenata


            R         Beattie #718              78009                         crenata


            S         Beattie #753              78631                         crenata


            S-8                                                                              pumila X crenata


102     S-68    Chinese, Tree #68, Bell, MD, original Korea


104     S-68    Beattie #61731, Yokahama Co.                crenata


            T          Beattie #751              78629                         crenata


            U         Beattie #744              78623                         crenata


            V         Beattie #736              78030                         crenata


            W        Beattie #722              78015                         crenata


            X         Beattie #703              78003                         crenata


            Y         Beattie #771              78648                         crenata


            Z          Beattie #770              78647                         crenata


            ?          Beattie #754              78632                         crenata


            ?          Beattie #767 ½         78643                         crenata


            AA       Beattie #763              78639                         crenata


            AB       Beattie #89                75469                         crenata


                        Beattie #90                75470                         crenata


                        Beattie #91                75471                         crenata


                        Beattie #92                75472                         crenata


                        Beattie #93                75473                         crenata


                        Beattie #94                75474                         crenata


                        Beattie #95                75475                         crenata


                        Beattie #96                75476                         crenata


            AC      Beattie #97                75477                         crenata


            AD      Beattie #98                75478                         crenata


            AE       Beattie #99                75479                         crenata


            AF       Beattie #100              75480                         crenata


            AG      Beattie #101              75481                         crenata


            AH      Beattie #102              75482                         crenata


            AI        Beattie #103              75483                         crenata


            AJ       Beattie #104              75484                         crenata


                        Beattie #105              75485                         crenata


                        Beattie #106              75486                         crenata


                        Beattie #107              75487                         crenata


                        Beattie #108              75488                         crenata


                        Beattie #109              75489                         crenata


                        Beattie #110              75490                         crenata


            AK       Beattie #111              75491                         crenata


            AL       Beattie #112              75492                         crenata


            AM      Beattie #113              75493                         crenata


                        Beattie #114              75494                         crenata


            AN      Beattie #115              75495                         crenata


            AO      Beattie #116              75496                         crenata


            AP       Beattie #117              75497                         crenata


            AQ      Beattie #118              75498                         crenata


            AR      Beattie #119              75499                         crenata


            AS       Beattie #120              75500                         crenata


                        Beattie #121              75501                         crenata


            AT       Beattie #122              75502                         crenata


            AU      Beattie #123              75503                         crenata


            AV       Beattie #124              75504                         crenata


            AW      Beattie #125              75505                         crenata


            AX       Beattie #125              75506                         crenata


            AY       Beattie            #127               75507                         crenata


            BA       Beattie #128              75508                         crenata


            BB       Beattie #758              78636                         crenata


            BC      Beattie #129              75509                         crenata


            BD      Beattie #130              78023                         crenata


            BE       Beattie #131              75511                         crenata


            BF       Beattie #132              75512                         crenata


            BG      Beattie #133              75513                         crenata


            BH      Beattie #134              75514                         crenata


            BI        Beattie #135              75515                         crenata


            BJ       Beattie #136              75516                         crenata


            BK       Beattie #137              75517                         crenata


            BL       Beattie #138              75518                         crenata


            BM      Beattie #139              75519                         crenata


            BN      Beattie #140              75520                         crenata


            BO      Beattie #141              75521                         crenata


            BP       Beattie #142              75522                         crenata


            BQ      Beattie #143              75523                         crenata


            BR      Beattie #144              75524                         crenata


            BS       Beattie #145              75525                         crenata


            BU      Beattie #208, 209, 210, 236, 244, 245, 262


                                                            75803                         crenata


            BV       Beattie #211, 212, 213   75804                  crenata


            BW      Beattie #226              75816                         crenata


288     BX       Beattie #228, 229     75818             crenata


            BY       Beattie #231              75820             crenata


                        “Chobe’ exhibited a fair in Kyoto 13 Nov 1927, received


                        third prize (prize “tag” attached)                 crenata


                        Beattie #240              75820                         crenata


            BZ       Beattie #237, 238     75825                         crenata


            CC      Beattie #756              78634                         crenata


            DD      Beattie #755              78633                         crenata


            DE      Beattie #853              85767                         crenata


            DF       Beattie #854              85768                         crenata


            DG      Beattie #855              85769                         crenata


            DH      Beattie #856              85770                         crenata


            DJ       Beattie #857              85771                         crenata


            DK      Beattie #858              85772                         crenata


            DL       Beattie #859              85773                         crenata


DM      Beattie #860              85774                         crenata


DN      Beattie #861              85775                         crenata


DO      Beattie #862              85776                         crenata


DP      Beattie #863              85777                         crenata


DQ      Beattie #864              85778                         crenata


DR      Beattie #865              85779                         crenata


DS      Beattie #866              85780                         crenata


DT       Beattie #867              85781                         crenata


DU      Beattie #868              85782                         crenata


DV      Beattie #869              85783                         crenata


DW     Beattie #870              85784                         crenata


DX      Beattie #871              85785                         crenata


DY      Beattie #872              85786                         crenata


DZ       Beattie #873              85787                         crenata


EE       Beattie #739              78617                         crenata


EF       Beattie #874              85788                         crenata


EG      Beattie #875              85789                         crenata


EH      Beattie #876              85790                         crenata


EJ       Beattie #877              85791                         crenata


EK       Beattie #878              85792                         crenata


EL       Beattie #879              85793                         crenata


EM      Beattie #880              85794                         crenata


EN      Beattie #881              85795                         crenata


EO      Beattie #882              85796                         crenata


EP       Beattie #883              85797                         crenata


EQ      Beattie #884              85798                         crenata


ES       Beattie #886              85801                         crenata


ET       Beattie #888              85801                         crenata


EU      Beattie #888b                       85803                         crenata


EV       Beattie #888c                        85894                         crenata


FA       Beattie #730              78023                         crenata


FF       Beattie #735              78029                         crenata


            GA to GD                               95576 to 95579        crenata


            GE                                                      98256             crenata


            GF                                                       98733             crenata


            GG      Beattie #732              78026                         crenata


            GH to GJ                                98734 to 98736        crenata


            GK                                          101705                       crenata


            GL                                           101704                       crenata


            GM to GT                               104014 to 104021    crenata


            GU                                          98733                         crenata


            GV                                          108815                       crenata


            GW                                         113678                       crenata


            GX                                          113677                       crenata


            GY                                          113676                       crenata


            GZ                                           113679                       crenata


            HA                                          95631                         henryi


            HB                                          95633                         henryi


            HC                                          101587                       henryi


            HD                                          104057                       henryi


            HE                                          104058                       henryi


            HF                                           113662                       henryi


            HG                                          108550                       henryi


            HH      Beattie #724              78017                         crenata


            HJ                                           108551                       henryi


            HK                                          113661                       henryi


            HL                                           120646                       henryi


            HM                                          128570                       henryi


            II          Beattie #719              78010                         crenata


            JJ        Beattie #713              78006                         crenata


                        Beattie #714              78007                         crenata


            KK       Beattie #769              78646                         crenata


            LL        Beattie #766 ½         78642


            MI                                            86872                         mollissima


            MJ       “Mammoth”                86873                         crenata


            MK                                          95615                         mollissima


            ML to MS                               95641 to 95648        mollissima


            MT                                           97853                         mollissima


            MU to MW                              98001 to 98003        mollissima


            MX to MZ                               101588 to 101590    mollissima


            NN      Beattie #766 ½         78642                         crenata


            OO      Beattie #764              78640                         crenata


            PP       Beattie #750              78628                         crenata


            QQ      Beattie #741              78621                         crenata


            RG1                                                                            crenata


            RR      Beattie#737               78617                         crenata


            SA                                           101607                       seguinii


            SB                                           104064                       seguinii


            SC                                          108555                       seguinii


            SD                                          112753                       seguinii


            SE                                           120647                       seguinii


            SS       Beattie #723              78016                         crenata


            TT        Beattie #729              78011                         crenata


            UU      Beattie 704 to 711    78004                         crenata


            VA, VB                                   102266, 102267       sativa


            VC                                          103975                       sativa


            VV       Beattie                        80388                         Castanea sp.


            WW     Beattie #768              78644                         crenata


            XX       Beattie #746              78625                         crenata


            YY       Beattie #742              78622                         crenata


            ZZ       Beattie #733              78027                         crenata


            AAA    Beattie #729-                        78022                         crenata


            BBB    Beattie #727              78020                         crenata


            CCC   Beattie #726              78019                         crenata


            DDD   Beattie #738              78618                         crenata


            EEE    Beattie, lost i.d., and seed picked up from previously planted


Beattie crenata in Randle   probably crenata


no row            Beattie #703              78003                         crenata


            Beattie #704-711      78004                         crenata


            Beattie #712 & 715  78005                         crenata


            Beattie #713              78006                         crenata


            Beattie #714              78007                         crenata


            Beattie #716-717      78008                         crenata


            Beattie #718              78009                         crenata


            Beattie #719              78010                         crenata


            Beattie #720              78011                         crenata


            Beattie #721              78012                         crenata


ERA    Beattie #885A                       85799                         crenata


ERB    Beattie #885B                       85800                         crenata


FFF     Beattie #725              78018                         crenata


GAA and GAB                      113674 and 113675            crenata


            MAA to MAF                          101591 to 101596    crenata


MAG to MAL                          101599 to 101604    crenata


            MAM                                       101606                       mollissima


            MAN, MAO                            101982, 101983       mollissima


            MAP, MAQ                            101597, 101598       mollissima


            MAR                                       101601                       mollissima


            MAS                                       101605                       mollissima


            MAT to MAW             104059 to 101063    mollissima


            MAX                                       104060                       mollissima


            MAY and MAZ                      108553 and 108554            mollissima


            MBA                                       108552                       mollissima


            MBB and MBC                     113664 and 113665            mollissima


            MBD                                       113663                       mollissima


            MBE                                       113666                       mollissima


            MBF                                        113669                       mollissima


            MBG, MBJ=MBH                  113667, 113668       mollissima


            MBK to MBS                         134722 to 134730    mollissima


            MBT                                        153153                       mollissima


            MCH  seed of PI 78744 sent to Chico, CA 1929, planted in


Poplarville MS in1931, and o.p. seedlings of those planted at Bell


in row MCH       Peter Liu, ‘Tiger Paw’      mollissima


            MKO   “F2” o.p. seedlings from rows MK to MS  mollissima


146                 Gravett #1                                                      mollissima X chinquapin


147                                                                                         chinquapin hybrid


188                 Madison, NJ                                                  dentata


355                 Conroe, Texas                                                          margaretta


385                 mollissima at Bell, o.p.


393                 mollissima 70315 at Towaco, NJ, o.p.


431                                                                                         mollissima X crenata


432                                                                                         mollissima X S8


462     524 lbs. nuts from Tientsin, purchased


                                    San Francisco market                                 mollissima


530     900 lbs. nuts from Tientsin, purchased


                                    San Francisco market                                 mollissima


531     1100 lbs. of nuts, as above                                                mollissima


546     Hacketstown, NJ scions                                         dentata


555                 Glendale, MD                                                           dentata


564                 58602  F2                                                      mollissima


616     San Francisco market                                                         mollissima


617     San Francisco market                                                         crenata


685     Scions, (GA) R2T12 58602                                                mollissima


686     Scions, (GA) R4T11 58602                                                mollissima


687     Scions, (GA) R6T5 58602                                      mollissima


688     Scions, (GA) R8T16 58602                                                mollissima


710     San Francisco market                                                         mollissima


719                             58602 o.p.                                         mollissima


1000A            Scions from F. Gravett, “Scientist’s Cliff,” MD


            may have some blight resistance                         dentata


1170                           58602 o.p.                                         mollissima


1175                                                                                       dentata


1200                           66037 o.p.                                         mollissima


1320                           58602 (6 trees o.p.)                          mollissima


1344   O-16                                                                           mollissima X crenata (?)


1346               FP 555 X PI 107832                                                dentata X mollissima


1349                                                                                       mollissima X mollissima


1356 to 1358                                                                         o.p. mollissima


1445                           55984                                                 mollissima


1464A                                                                                                dentata


1490                                                                                       crenata


1498                                                                                       mollissima


1515   L-23    mollissima at Bell o.p.


1520                           58602 o.p.                                         mollissima


1533                           66037 o.p.                                         mollissima


2144                                                                                    mollissima X (moll. X crenata)


2748                                                                                       mollissima X mollissima


2849                                                                                       mollissima X mollissima


4046                           mollissima F1 o.p.


5150                                                                                    (mollissima X dentata) X moll.


5246                                                               F2                   mollissima X dentata


5744                                                               [(moll. X dent.) X moll.] X moll.


5850                                                               (mollissima X dentata) X moll.


6450                                                               (mollissima X dentata) X moll.





R. Kent Beattie notes (no date)


Chestnut locations in China



Castanea mollissima sent to the Plant Introduction Station, Bell, MD



Chihli             Chee-san near Chang-li, Meyer                           PI 17876


                        Pangshan, N.E. of Peking,            Meyer                         PI 44198


                        Ming Tombs, Reed                                                  PI 56392


                        Anshan                                                                      PI 56393


                        Shihkiachwang                                                        PI 56396


                        Wan Chia Chang, 45 li NW of Changli               PI 56761


                        Fa Hua Ssu, Dorsett                                                PI 65619



Anhwei          Anking, J. Bailie                                                       PI 44448


                       


Kiangan        Nanking, J. Bailie                                                    PI 40209


                        Soochow, Ding Dong Mt. Isee                               PI 58719



Shantung     Chiningchow, Taishan region near Tainfu,       PI 38182


Meyer "trees badly attacked by bark disease"     (Endothia, 1914)


Tsinan                                                                        PI 56394


Yangchialou, N of Yihsien, Gordon                     PI 58659


Taian-hsien Kiukou, Stephens (Reisner)                       PI 58719


                        Chuchenghsien, Stephens (Reisner)                 PI 58720


                        Tang-hsien, Romig (Reisner)                                PI 58721


                        Yen-cheng, Romig (Reisner)                                PI 58722


                        Pei-hsien, Romig (Reisner)                                   PI 58723


                       


Chekiang      Hangchow                                                                PI 45255


                        Shanyu, Shoemaker (Reisner)                             PI 58724



Shensi           Yatzko, S. of Sianfu,                                               PI 40508


Meyer "somewhat more resistant to the bark disease


than ordinary Chinese chestnut, propagated by grafting"



Hupeh           Hankow                                                                     PI  6530


                        Ichang                                                                        PI 45947



Kansu            Hui-hsien, Meyer                                                     PI 40035


                        Cheng-hsein, Meyer                                               PI 40036



Yunnan         Tangyueh, Rock                                                      PI 56130


Shiku Valley, two days west of Likiang               PI 56488