. Chestnut blight. Chestnut blight; Chestnut. CHESTNUT BLIGHT AND RESISTANT CHESTNUTS 17 are eaten by squirrels, chipmunks, tiekl mice, moles, and woodcluicks. In tests, survival of planted chest- nut seed was <i'reatly increased by this method: Remove one end of a No. 2 tin can, cut a cross in the other end, turn out slightly the four corners at the center of the cross, then force the can into the grouncl over the planted seed. The can rusts away in 2 or 3 years and does not interfere with seedling develop- ment. Even with this method, how- ever, direct seeding is less etlective than plant
. Chestnut blight. Chestnut blight; Chestnut. CHESTNUT BLIGHT AND RESISTANT CHESTNUTS 17 are eaten by squirrels, chipmunks, tiekl mice, moles, and woodcluicks. In tests, survival of planted chest- nut seed was <i'reatly increased by this method: Remove one end of a No. 2 tin can, cut a cross in the other end, turn out slightly the four corners at the center of the cross, then force the can into the grouncl over the planted seed. The can rusts away in 2 or 3 years and does not interfere with seedling develop- ment. Even with this method, how- ever, direct seeding is less etlective than planting 1- or 2-year-old seedlings. Orchard Plantings Orchards of Chinese chestnut can be grown on a wide variety of soils if the drainage is good. They do best on light, fertile sandy or grav- elly loam that is well drained. The soil should be deep and the subsoil friable enough for the roots to pene- trate to a depth of at least -i feet. Heavy silt or clay soils should be avoided. Chestnut trees will not grow on low ground that is poorly drained. Tlie soil should be moder- ately to slightly acid, ultliongli in a few instances well fertilized and well-cared-for trees are known to be making satisfactory growtli on slightly alkaline soil. The trees will withstand some drought after they become well established, but they will not bear lieavy nut crops without ample rainfall. Orchard Chinese chestimts should be planted on high, sloping ground lia\-ing good air drainage, which tends to i)revent damage from late spring frosts. The Chinese chest- nut starts growing early in the spring, and is subject to frost injury. Trees located on low ground or in frost pockets are usually injured by late spring freezes. In some cases such freezes kill whole limbs or even entire trees. The Chinese chestnut as an or- chard tree seems to be well suited to conditions in the southeastern part of the United States. It has not yet been grown extensively enough in the North to demonstrate its suitabilit}- fo
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