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Hi Rick,
I'm a bit far from Indiana, since I live in Warren, New Jersey. My farm is 300 miles closer in Stahlstown, PA which is about 55 miles East of Pittsburgh, PA. I commute for a week at a time.
For identification purposes I would suggest pulling up www.PATACF.org and clicking on locator form. Follow the self explanatory directions. Dave Armstrong will examine the leaves and twig under a 30 power microscope and determine the heritage, and if it can be used as a breeder. We grade trees from A to F and only use the B+ to A trees. Send as many samples of trees as you wish and Dave will e-mail or call you back with the results of each. Saturday I sent him 6 samples and he e-mailed the results today, Monday afternoon.
Keep up the enthusiasm.
Bob Summersgill
President
PA-TACF
908-647-5864
President
PA-TACF
908-647-5864
On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 02:47:17 -0000 "Richard Allen" <lenowil@...> writes:
Bob and list,
The trees that I have all lean toward the chinese. Their true
parentage I have no idea as they were all found as seedlings or nuts.
I have seen true chinese with the large, dark, glossey and hairless
chestnut and all the chestnuts I have range in color from medium
brown and striped to glossey dark brown, but all with some hair.
Have one tree that is 24 feet tall, 3rd year for nut production,
around 10 years old.Shows the growth characteristics of the American
but has leaves that look chinese.I"M NO EXPERT HERE, just an
enthusiast.The trees that I keep an eye on around here , besides my
own, are dropping nuts right now.I know of one tree that drops about
one third of it's nut crop onto a parking lot just to have the nuts
run over.These are small, hairy nuts with a dull brown color.So how
far are you from Madison, Indiana?I don't run a bed and breakfast but
my guide services are free.
Rick
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