板栗(Castanea m ollissim a Bl.)是我国重要的经济林树种,为著名干果之一,深受广大人民群众的喜爱。安徽省作为我国长江流域的板栗主要产区,栽培历史悠久,种质资源丰富。节节红是我省最近选育出的板栗新品种,2002年7月通过省林木品种审定委员会审定。其早实,单粒大(一般30～40 Chestnut (Castanea m ollissim a Bl.) Is an important economic tree species in China, one of the famous dried fruit, loved by the broad masses of people. As a major chestnut producing area in China’s Yangtze River valley, Anhui has a long history of cultivation and rich germplasm resources. Red Festival is the province recently bred chestnut new varieties, in July 2002 through the Provincial Forest Variety Certification Committee validation. Its early real, single large (usually 30 to 40