American_Chestnut_Trees_and_Hybrids : Message: Azores Islands Chestnut Trees "Castanea Sativa"

Hello!

I am a retired air traffic controller, 70yrs old and we live in
the Azores Islands, a 9 Island Archipelago between Europe and USA, on
the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. My retirement is dedicated to a 10
acres Chestnut trees property.
I just posted in the Group some pictures of our Chestnut
Trees "Castanea Sativa".
I would appreciate if some of the group members could share
also pictures of their own Chestnut Trees.
Thank You in advance.

Vitor

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Hello! I am a retired air traffic controller, 70yrs old and we live in the Azores Islands, a 9 Island Archipelago between Europe and USA, on the middle of the...

Vitor Hugo Bettencour...
fragueirovhbt

Apr 27, 2008
4:51 pm

Those are some nice size trees. Did you plant them yourself?...

Len
castanea_len

Apr 28, 2008
12:42 am

Usually we do not plant the Chestnut trees. We pick spontaneous born plants, under the Chestnut trees, relocate them and later on, 2 to 3 years old, we...

Vitor Hugo Fragueiro
fragueirovhbt

Apr 28, 2008
4:19 pm

... I need to plant them, as there are none now. My family, over the last 300 years, managed to cut *every* red oak and sweet chestnut in our woods. My Dad...

Jocelyn Clarke
robietufts

Apr 29, 2008
4:46 pm

Good Morning Jocelyn: The humidity level here in the Azores Islands is very high. All our chestnuts must be consumed or used within a month. After that time...

Vitor Hugo Fragueiro
fragueirovhbt

Apr 30, 2008
8:17 am

Which island? I visited the Azores some years ago and came back with an unusual guitar. (No, not made of chestnut, but I do have a chestnut psaltery.) ... ...

Jessica Wolff
brokenstrings

Apr 28, 2008
1:11 am

Terceira Island, one of the Central Group Islands, Town: Terra-Cha, Canada de Belem ... From: American_Chestnut_Trees_and_Hybrids@yahoogroups.com ...

Vitor Hugo Fragueiro
fragueirovhbt

Apr 28, 2008
4:18 pm

Ah! That was one of the islands I visited. In the botanical gardens in Angra do Heroismo, I found many old friends, including some I would not have expected...

brokenstrings

Apr 29, 2008
2:40 am

I'm not a pioneer. I'm an apprentice with 20 years of a very interesting "traditional experience", orally transmitted by local chestnut/and other fruits...

Vitor Hugo Fragueiro
fragueirovhbt

Apr 30, 2008
8:44 am

Vitor, I would think the relative isolation of the Azores plop in mid-Atlantic would be a factor too. Some French botanist discovered a blight that fed on the...

brokenstrings

Apr 30, 2008
6:47 pm

Thank you for the information. I'll crosscheck it with the local University botanists involved with the Chestnut Trees. The Azores Chestnut production is just...

Vitor Hugo Fragueiro
fragueirovhbt

May 1, 2008
12:26 pm

Oh, dear! Does that mean that if we succeed in reestablishing the American chestnut we will then have to worry about Cydia splendana? That the plague affects...

brokenstrings

May 1, 2008
3:46 pm

For three or more years that the Portuguese Universities, namely Minho, Madeira Islands and Azores Islands, among other International Universities, I think,...

Vitor Hugo Fragueiro
fragueirovhbt

May 2, 2008
7:59 am

Hi Vitor, here are some pictures for you. Mine are mostly young trees. See Jocelyn's trees....

Jocelyn
robietufts

Apr 28, 2008
10:50 am

Jocelyn, Thank you for sharing your pictures. Really appreciated. Vitor ... From: American_Chestnut_Trees_and_Hybrids@yahoogroups.com ...

Vitor Hugo Fragueiro
fragueirovhbt

Apr 28, 2008
4:26 pm

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