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The chesnuts   I have are:
tree form - "Luvall's Monster" that Phil Rutter after viewing the original tree in Illinois, thought to be of european extraction
chinese form:   "Qing" and "Lindstrom 67" that I purchased at the last NNGA convention I was able to attend several years ago, and the 3rd bearing one is a seedling from a tree planted in the 1940's by a Massachusetts NNGA member.     All these 4 trees described above bore this year, the Luvall's i grafted around 1997, and has been bearing annually for about 4 years, the other 4 are bearing this year for the first time each.
I'll be planting some seeds today under hardware cloth with seeds of other things like an unidentified crabapple.    If they grow, great, otherwise, at least the seed won't be moldering in the refrigerator.   Also this afternoon I'll be making a layered frozen cake from eleagnus fruit - picked 2 gallons fruit yesterday afternoon.   
Charlie Paradise, Massachusetts
In a message dated 10/18/06 11:18:44 AM, Spears@LMC.edu writes:


>             Yes, in fact The American Chestnut Foundation recommends seed planting directly in the soil, as opposed to container growing.  There’s a PDF file accessible at the link http://chestnut.cas.psu.edu/Breeding.html
>  called “Growing American Chestnuts” that describes a good procedure for direct planting (the section is called “The Meadowview Method”).
>              This has been a good year for American (sprouts) and planted trees here in western NC – a heavy nut year.  Are yours Chinese?
>