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 This tree measured eighteen feet in circumference. Photograph supplied by the United States Forest Service.

The above quotations apply of course to the European chestnut. In North. America large trees of the native species are also not rare (Figs. 3 and 4). Although definite data as to their ages are wanting, they show enough for our purpose, namely, that the American chestnut shares in the family characteristic of extreme longevity enjoyed by its European relative.