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 blight; it
worked
rather well in France/Italy (Castanea sativa) but either didn't work as well on
the American
chestnut (Castanea dentata) or wasn't economically feasible, I forget which.
Have you folks
in the Azores thought about giving it a try?


--- In American_Chestnut_Trees_and_Hybrids@yahoogroups.com, "Vitor Hugo
Fragueiro"
<vhfragueiro@...> wrote:
>
> 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 forest workers.
> The culture of chestnuts in the Azores Islands seems to go back into
> the beginning of the 19th Century (Drouet,1866, cit. Fernandes 1987). About
> this subject, you can take a look at the "Portuguese, Azores University"
> site bellow.
> You're right about orange trees. Before the chestnut trees grow up
> too high and wide, we used to have orange trees producing oranges between
> the Chestnut trees area.
> Vitor
>
> http://www.angra.uac.pt/pessoais/docentes/jbatista/Castanheiro/Castanheiro.p
> df
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: American_Chestnut_Trees_and_Hybrids@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:American_Chestnut_Trees_and_Hybrids@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> brokenstrings
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 2:40 AM
> To: American_Chestnut_Trees_and_Hybrids@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [American_Chestnut_Trees_and_Hybrids] Re: Azores Islands Chestnut
> Trees "Castanea Sativa"
>
> 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 that far north (a Chinquapin rose--don't laugh!--R. roxburghii
> plena). OTOH Castanea sativa will grow as far south as Corsica and Crete. I
> suspect it's because of the mountainous nature of those places that you can
> grow quinces, citrus and chestnuts all on the same island. Are you a pioneer
> in growing chestnuts in the Azores, or are they established there? I know
> they grow in mainland Portugal.
>
>
> --- In American_Chestnut_Trees_and_Hybrids@yahoogroups.com, "Vitor Hugo
> Fragueiro"
> <vhfragueiro@> wrote:
> >
> > Terceira Island, one of the Central Group Islands, Town: Terra-Cha,
> > Canada de Belem
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: American_Chestnut_Trees_and_Hybrids@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:American_Chestnut_Trees_and_Hybrids@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> > Of Jessica Wolff
> > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 1:12 AM
> > To: American_Chestnut_Trees_and_Hybrids@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [American_Chestnut_Trees_and_Hybrids] Azores Islands
> > Chestnut Trees "Castanea Sativa"
> >
> > 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.)
> >
> > --- Vitor Hugo Bettencourt da Terra Fragueiro <vhfragueiro@>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > 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
>