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The chinkapin oak is found only in Houston County, but the state-champion entry is open because foresters think the species has become extinct in the state.— News
You might think from the looks of the photograph that that is a chestnut, but the nuts are small and borne in racemes, so they are typical chinkapins Mr. Lake: One parent was a chestnut Mr. Rush: We don't know; it's a native tree; it's a hybrid Mr. Lake: It's a supposed hybrid Mr. Reed: Yes, the chestnut and chinkapin grow close together The Chairman: What is the form of the nuts Mr. Rush: Round like a chinkapin.— Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912
I think it was a chestnut on a chinkapin Mr. Lake: If it is a chinkapin, what is there to indicate that there is any chestnut blood in it Mr. Rush: The size of the tree and the fact that the nut matures with the chestnut.— Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912
The chinkapin is about three weeks earlier than this variety of chinkapin Mr. Reed: That photograph is typical of the Rush hybrid chinkapin.— Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912
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