Discussion after G. J. Korn's paper.
Corsan: "Farmers should be encouraged to plant nut trees along boundary lines. Enormous amounts of fertilizer there."
J. R. Smith: "One tree in ten thousand seedlings is worth while."
Dr. Lounsberry: "We have two trees planted close together—one bears small nuts and the other large nuts. They are from the same grafting. It would seem that the trouble is in the stock. The stock makes a vast difference."
The Hemming Chinese Chestnuts
E. SAM HEMMING, Easton, Maryland
The bearing record of our row of 18 Chinese chestnuts has attracted so much attention that I thought the Association would be interested in seeing some slides of these trees, also of our experimental orchard, as well as the large quantity of small trees we grow in our nursery and the manner in which we raise them.
You will see a number of slides of chestnut trees and hear a lot about the bearing qualities, but you won't see a single nut, for unfortunately all these slides were taken between December 1946 and July 1947. You will just have to let the numerous little trees attest to the fact that these trees bear. We have 50,000 trees in our nursery.
These trees are now nineteen years old and have borne rather remarkably since 1937. They are spaced too close—an accident—but I believe that helps thorough pollination. They are now 12 and more inches in diameter, some are 30' high and the spread is at least 35' where they have the room. All but No. 14 are spreading in character; spreading character and good bearing seemed to be connected.