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[Stefan Brandle <sbrandle@css.tayloru.edu>]

We have a local chestnut tree that the campus landscaper/botanist says 
is American chestnut. I've been watching the nuts as they fall. The 
problem is that they have painfully sharp "spines" and don't seem to be 
in any hurry to open. Any suggestions.

Also, I've noticed that our red delicious apples don't seem to have been 
attacked as badly by insects as the jonathon. I've read suggestions 
about some apples being more/less insect attractive/susceptible. Given 
my sample size (one tree and one tree), I don't have much to go on. Any 
thoughts?

-- sb