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veloped immunity to the blight. The Chinese chestnut is very resistant to the blight and may be planted as a substitute for the native species. The nuts have acceptable quality, although they are not as sweet as those of the American chestnut.
The native chestnut can be budded or grafted on Chinese chestnut and will grow rather well for a number of years. Incompatibility ultimately develops however, and the grafted portion is reduced in growth rate and usually dies. Even if the operation was successful, the native chestnut portion of the tree would develop blight as soon as it became large enough to have rough bark. Thus budding or grafting is not an effective method of saving the native chestnut species.
The unique flavor of chestnuts is due to their starch content which gi
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