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["Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>]

Where are you at, Chris?

---- Original Message ----
From: cgarriss@garriss.net
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] OT: One lonely chestnut tree
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 19:39:13 -0500

>There are quite a few of the remains of blight killed trees that
>resprout
>around us.  Some develop enough to produce nuts.  There are also
>quite a few
>that grow from the nuts produced that the bears, deer and turkeys
>miss.  And
>yes, these are American chestnut, not Chinese and certainly not horse
>chestnut.   The ACF and others have some stands locally where they
>are
>trying to breed for resistance in pure Americans.
>
>As for the trees I referred to growing & fruiting, I've seen lots of
>them
>that get 20 to 30 feet tall before getting killed off.  They are
>persistent
>and perhaps this may one day pay off with a naturally selected blight
>resistant tree.
>
>Chris
>On Dec 4, 2010 6:07 PM, "Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com> wro
>te: