by TACF | Jul 21, 2008
New Haven, CT July 1, 2008 – The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station will hold its 98th annual Plant Science Day open house on Wednesday, August 6, at Lockwood Farm in Hamden. The featured program will begin at 11:15 a.m. in the main tent. Steve Grant,...
by TACF | Apr 10, 2006
Looking back on our several days of planting the American chestnut hybrids and Controls at Salem, there were a few planting notes we thought might be prudent to share. On the left – Just one week after planting tree swallows find the orchard home. On the right...
by TACF | Apr 9, 2006
Inauspicious as the day may have seemed (rain, sleet and snow) CT Chapter Members Dr. David Bingham, Gayle Kida and Bill Adamsen braved the elements and inaugurated the season with a bit more than a symbolic planting. David had prepared the site during better...
by TACF | Jun 15, 2006
It's now a countdown of just days before pre-bagging the Chestnut flowers to avoid open pollination. Have you seen a tree with these leaves and flowers? Click Photo for full-sized image. American chestnut flowering photo courtesy of CT-TACF Director Gayle Kida If...
by TACF | Dec 5, 2009
By Bill Adamsen – Wilton, CT Director of The American Chestnut Foundation, President, CT Chapter Several months ago a friend sent a link to an article which provides evidence that chestnut really was a dependable source of food for wildlife – something...
