YOUR OWN FRUITS AND NUTS : Page 200

Preserving the American chestnut by nursing along its few blight-resistant remnants and creating hardy hybrids on exotic rootstocks is a continuing crusade among U.S. arborists. The introduction of European and Oriental substitutes has also been undertaken, with more success. New home owners hankering for a nut crop in their grounds will not go wrong in planting young Chinese chestnuts, of which most varieties will yield in their sixth or seventh year. The nuts are slightly larger and less flavorful than our old Americans were, but they improve on the huge, mealy, somewhat cloying Italian and Spanish types that people use for turkey stuffing.