Does anyone have any information, including web-sites, regarding the biochemical/molecular genetic defense mechanisms of Castanea dentata? Thus far, I have...
Joe, The tall, flowering chestnut tree is not the Cameron Co., Pa tree. It is near Fairhope, Pa in southern Somerset Co. I've designated it Fa#1. It is about...
There is a scientist at the University of Cincinatti who is studying the chemical changes in Castanea when it is infected withe blight. He talked at TACFs'...
... [Image] ... Winget's Homepage G. Douglas Winget PhD Michigan State University Professor Select from the following: Links for Economic Botany Links for...
Thanks, Tom, for the info on the Fairhope tree. Do you think the fertile nuts you got from this tree were from self-pollination or are there other mature trees...
Greetings All! tmpugel, Were you able to secure the name of the researcher at the U. of Cinc. Also, does anyone have any information reqarding Aralia spinosa ...
Sorry, I tried to email his web page to you. Aparently it didn't work. His name etc is: G. Douglas Winget Dept of Bio Sciences POB 210006 University of...
Everybody, please feel free to post photos, word documents, html links, and messages. I know we are busy this time of year. I just wanted to let you know it is...
Hi I' m quite fond of chestnut trees, but I try to stick to the classical species, and have planted 4 of them last year, but the two largest (14 feet high,...
... Hi, Most of the Arialiaceae have medicinal properties, even the ubiquitous Hedera Helix. If I am not mistaken, it contains an alcaloid. As you probably...
Hi Bert, Your best reference to chestnut cultivars is the CAES or Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. I have a link under sources of Chestnuts on my...
Tom, Do you know if the Cameron tree produced any nuts this year? I hope to see if the McConnell's Mill produced duds again this year. My Layeroka has burs...
About two weeks ago, a forester discovered two large Chestnuts in Monroe Co., Ky. while marking timber to be cut. I saw these trees yesterday and have no doubt...
Joe, Really nice page you have setup on those large surviving trees. It got me motivated to look for more chestnut trees in McConnel's Mill. If you get a...
I just harvested my cross between the Ford's Tall tree and the Layeroka. Both timber-type trees. Ford's Tall is all Chinese the Layeroka is (European X...
Hi, I bought a new Nursery site in Cumberland County Ky. in Burkesville in November and while surveying found two Chestnut trees loaded with nuts. Sent twigs...
Would like to meet someone with more Chestnut experience than I to examine the two trees I found in Burkesville Ky. In talks with people in the area was told...
The PA chapter receives many inquiries about chestnut trees and we end up with everything from maple leaves to buckeye trees and even a few true American...
Hey: Hello to all. This is Robert. I've been interested in the Chesnut tree since I was a kid. My grandmother would take me to the stump of the last one on...
Bob here and welcome to the "empty board". No, I personally haven't seen any return of the c'nut to the wild, but I don't get out there all that often any...
Hi Bob: Well I'm sure to get more responses when I learn to spell 'Chestnut' correctly!!! ~[:-) I spelled it, 'Chesnut'........ Are there native trees in...
Robert if you hadn't told us you misspelled chestnut everyone would have figured it was a typo and you didn't use spell check. The person to get in touch about...
Hey this board just sleeps a lot. :)) I have two chestnuts on property I bought last year in KY. I harvested nuts, stratified them and in the ground they go....
Hi Ren, If you want to know exactly what type your chestnut trees are, pull up the Pennsylvania web site www.patacf.org and click on FIELD ID. After you read...
Bob, Did that right off the bat. Sent leaves and twigs to KSU they said a hybred, Chestnut lab in Vermont said they thought it might be Chinese. I'll send you...
I am living near the VT/QC border. According to the maps I have seen, this is at least 100 miles north of the original american chestnut range. I am very...
65 Kastania (the new Icelandic word for American chestnuts) seeds are planted in a greenhouse owned by the Icelandic Forest Service just outside of Egilstadir,...
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