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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

I have a good number of chestnuts on my place, all seedlings, with all four
main species represented in the genes.  However, I have a "Colossal"
seedling that is apparently sterile.  It is more than 15 years old and has
been producing catkins (though not many) for at least half that time.  There
is such a mix of chestnuts in the area I can't believe SOMETHING wouldn't
pollinate it, but I'm not sure I've even ever seen female flowers on it, let
alone a single bur or nut.  Knowing the mixed ancestry of the variety, I'm
not suprised that a seedling of it might be sterile, depending on how the
genes reassorted, but I was wondering how common such sterile trees are. 
Any information on that out there?
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, more, plus word on my grape book at
http://www.hevanet.com/lonrom  

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