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  • From: Louisa Rogoff Thompson <louisathompson@erols.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [NAFEX] chestnuts re-sprout
  • Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 00:08:49 -0400

Mike,

I think it's very likely that a large chestnut would re-sprout, unless it was actually senescent. It's that very ability that has kept them alive to this day. Oaks (same family) do it, too. You'll often see an oak with 2-3 trunks - a response to having been cut.

Meanwhile, enjoy your lumber. Some of the strongest there is.

Louisa Thompson
Gettysburg, PA


Message: 8
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 22:29:28 -0400
From: "Mike Levine" <mlevine@umich.edu>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Re: chestnuts
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
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Alas, we had one of those old semi-resistant american chestnuts in my
parents backyard growing up, but I think last year's cool, rainy weather did
it in. Bummer, just as I was getting interested enough in them to try find
someone to pollinate it. Anyone think a really large chestnut might
resprout if I cut it down to try to rejuvenate it? It doesn't appear to
have any life on top at all this year. Probably a lost cause.


Mike Levine
Ann Arbor, MI




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  • [NAFEX] chestnuts re-sprout, Louisa Rogoff Thompson, 06/18/2004

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