by Jules Smith | Jul 14, 2020 | eSprout
Noah Howie (back) measuring trees while Marshall Lynch inoculates them at the Milner Backcross Orchard. Inoculated stem tip temporarily covered with a sealed plastic straw to keep the inoculum moist. Frank Milner posing with one of his three-year-old backcross...
by Jules Smith | Jul 14, 2020 | eSprout
On June 27, the CT-TACF Chapter held a chestnut hike along with the Wyndham Land Trust (WLT) and the Meshomasic Hiking Club to search for flowering American chestnut trees at the WLT Bull Hill Preserve. Last September, one of our members, Jack Morris, came across a...
by Jules Smith | May 22, 2020 | eSprout
An article about longtime TACF member Bart Chezar and his tireless efforts toward American chestnut restoration has been featured in the Culture section of the Audubon website. Bart, along with volunteers, including elementary school students, has planted multiple...
by Jules Smith | May 18, 2020 | eSprout
Recently, I had the honor of presenting two American chestnut wood carvings to brothers Remus and Howard Lyles. The carvings were made by past president and TACF board member emeritus Gary Carver out of chestnut wood from two cylindrical posts that supported the first...
by Jules Smith | May 18, 2020 | eSprout
On February 1, 40 MD-TACF Chapter members and volunteers planted about 2,000 5th-generation hybrid chestnuts in the greenhouse located at the Baltimore County Center for Maryland Agriculture and Farm Park. This was the second year of chestnut plantings in preparation...
