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Plant Science Day at CAES

Always a great day at the CT Agricultural Experiment Station Lockwood Farm, the CAES Plant Science Day is Wednesday August 4th from 10 am to 4pm.

There are ninety field plots to review, technical demonstrations, insect identificationn, barn displays, and more. There are several exciting lectures scheduled to begin at 10:15 am including lectures by Kirby C. Stafford III entitled Be Our Guest: The History of Plant Science Day, also by Dr. Sandra L. Anagnostakis on Chestnut Blight: A Trip Through Time .. and then also Dr. Jeffrey S. Ward with Our Dynamic Connecticut Forest: 80 Years of Observation.

The official CAES Flyer can be downloaded from here with a full description of activities and directions on getting to Lockwood Farm. Hope to see you there!

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Will Chestnut trees grow in the North?

I have several chestnut trees on my farm and they produce every year. I know the wildlife loves them. 

Wish mine would start producing

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Wonder if the genes can be changed on the blight fungus so it will die off.

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