Young Orchard: 225½ pounds.
Discussion after E. Sam Hemming's paper
Corsan: "Do you recommend the use of lime?"
Hemming: "We do not use lime. We use Vigoro at the rate of 1 to 1½ lbs. to inch of diameter per tree."
Corsan: "Why do you use Vigoro?"
Hemming: "No particular reason, just that it is available."
Member: "What time of year do you fertilize your trees?"
Hemming: "We fertilize during the winter—usually during December."
Crane: "Last year we used a method of storing Chinese chestnuts which proved very satisfactory. Two thousand pounds of nuts were stored last year. Fall planting is good where one can use it but in a lot of areas it can not be used because of rats robbing the plantings. We have to store the nuts. The procedure we follow is to harvest every other day. Nuts are placed in tin cans with friction top lids. The lids should have one to three holes of 1/16" diameter in them to provide air. Cans are placed in storage at a temperature of 32 to 40 degrees F."
Stoke: "I keep chestnuts in the cellar in a can with an open top in what we call limestone sand. Keep wonderfully well. Chestnuts must have air."