Winchester Seed Orchard – Sunday, June 2nd, 1:00 PM Hurlbut Field, Grantville Rd (near West Rd.) Winchester. We will be planting up to 50 potentially Phytophthera resistant backcross nuts. Bring workgloves and plenty of water to stay hydrated.
Winchester Seed Orchard – Sunday, June 2nd, 1:00 PM Hurlbut Field, Grantville Rd (near West Rd.) Winchester. We will be planting up to 50 potentially Phytophthera resistant backcross nuts. Bring workgloves and plenty of water to stay hydrated.
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Just a few years apart: the same wild American chestnut tree before and after chestnut blight took its toll.
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American chestnuts produce separate male flowers and bisexual flowers on the same tree?! What a fascinating reproductive strategy for a species once dominant across eastern forests. 🌿
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I have had these on the farm for years
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From looking at the leaves that is NOT an American chestnut. The leaves do not have the good fishhook profile on the edges, and from what can see they look like Japanese chestnut leaves which have small feathery edges.
Small Stem Assays involve inoculating young chestnut stems with the blight fungus and monitoring the resulting cankers, allowing researchers to assess how well different trees respond to infection.
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You don't find out if the tree is resistant until it matures. That could be a decade later.
I am always amazed how big you all can grow them in 1 year. That is how big my second year seed8 gs always are!