Stone gatepost marked “1862” and “W.S. Bates,” the owner of the farm at that time.
An American chestnut 2×4 is bolted onto the stone post. Chrissy, John’s walking companion poses by the fence.
Close-up of the barbed and woven wire that’s attached to the American chestnut post.
2005
Sara Fern Fitzsimmons with Jim Gage, Dr Phil Arnold, & Dr Robert Gregg
2006
Sara pollinating at Stockers, PA
Sara rating cankers at Thorpewood, MD
2008
Sara at the 25th Annual TACF Meeting
2009
Sara in the PSU Graves Orchard
2009
Sara in the Glenn Swank stump, PA
2012
Sara at the International Chestnut Symposium
2014
Sara with Harmony Dalgleish and the Berlin American chestnut in Vermont
Sara and Kendra Collins working in the field
2022
Sara presenting at TACF’s Spring Meeting
2023
Sara (in the rocker) with TACF staff at the Fall Meeting
2024
Sara in the Penn State greenhouses