date:Mar 20, 2019
h and others.
Variety diversity is demanding
As a result of the chestnut bark cancer, thousands of chestnut trees have been introduced since 1950, including many of the Lina trees. A large part of the varieties of chestnut even disappeared forever and the surviving varieties were hardly further refined. The current efforts to promote chestnut culture therefore also include the preservation of the remaining varieties. On behalf of the Federal Government, 102 old varieties of chestnut are preserv