CHESTNUTS IN CHILE
Pucón, Chile (and the surrounding area) had a lot of chestnuts planted! These appear to be American chestnuts.

I first noticed one of the chestnuts when I was photographing this political sign (a Chilean candidate for their equivalent of the House of Representatives--used Obama's hope design)...



A view of the tree...



Close up (and in bloom--note that this would be the equivalent to late May in the Northern Hemisphere)...



Beneath the canopy...



There were a large number of chestnuts planted a few miles from Pucón...

All of the above pictures on this page were taken in November 2009 (specifically 26 Nov 2009) by Brandt Maxwell.

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