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Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009

Filed:

Jan. 30, 2008
Applicants:

W. Alfred Dozier, Jr., Opelika, AL (US);

Joseph Daniel Norton, Auburn, AL (US);

Curtis J. Hansen, Opelika, AL (US);

Inventors:

W. Alfred Dozier, Jr., Opelika, AL (US);

Joseph Daniel Norton, Auburn, AL (US);

Curtis J. Hansen, Opelika, AL (US);

Assignee:

Auburn University, Auburn, AL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H 5/00 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

'AU Buck III' is a new and distinct Chinese chestnut cultivar that is blight resistant, precocious and an annual bearer. It produces a medium to heavy crop load each year and a medium sized nut. Nut drop begins about September 25 and continues for a 4–5 week period. A large percentage of the nuts drop during the first three weeks of the period that nuts drop from this cultivar. 'AU Buck III' is a small to medium sized tree that is round in shape with low, dense, and spreading branches that was 6.71 meters tall, with a canopy covering an area of 41.85 square meters at 20 years old. 'AU Buck III' is the third cultivar to mature and drop nuts in a series of four Chinese chestnut cultivars that will provide for a continuous nut drop of a high energy wildlife food source from late August through mid-to-late November.


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