Bonnet Farm Orchard
This orchard was founded in 2005 and culled in 2015. Sixteen selected trees remain for seed production.
Please contact the Maryland Chapter for information about this orchard.
The final culling of this orchard was completed in 2015, and the following 16 trees in five lines remain for open pollination and seed production. These remaining trees were selected for blight resistance and American chestnut characteristics (tall and straight). Seed from these trees were planted in our seed orchard in 2015 and 2016.
Corrigans – Numbers 67, 79, 175, 194, 207, 320
State Gamelands – Number 106
SE 831 – Number 19
Peters 32A – Numbers 277, 400, 423
Prowell 35A – Numbers 165, 267, 382, 383, 426
Original planting below:
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Last week, staff at TACF’s national office in Asheville joined Carolinas Chapter President Peggy McDonald, husband Bob, and Chapter board member Jon Taylor for a hike at Albert Mountain in Western NC to visit wild American chestnut trees in search of flowering catkins.
During their venture, the team also came across a few cool amphibians: a red-legged salamander, which only inhabits portions of the southern Appalachian Mountains, and a red-spotted newt, which is much more common, but its brilliant red is stunning!
Of course, the biggest thrill was seeing large surviving chestnut trees and, as the day wrapped up, collecting some beautiful catkins that were high in the canopy of a tree on the way down the mountain. Pollen collected from the catkins will be used in TACF’s southern region breeding program.
#hike #nature #getoutside #americanchestnut #pollination
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Fantastic
what pole was that!?
Trying to figure out if you found an American chestnut or a Chinese chestnut? These identifiers should help!
#explore #forestry #education #americanchestnut #conservation
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I love it when the music is up front and the narration is in the background. Awesome.
BeeKeeper Mango
Every business in every city should have to plant a tree every year as part of their yearly licensing.
Do you have a favorite nature quote?
#explore #americanchestnut #nature #Quote #restoration
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“Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.” Henry David Thoreau
Im hoping to see this in my lifetime
Chestnuts look so beautiful during pollination season, their catkins (the yellow fuzzy blossoms) are often described as fireworks. 🌰 🎇
Which image is your favorite?
#americanchestnut #fieldwork #nature #pollination #explore
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Catkins in my yard are buzzing with bees!
Wow. Way more explosive looking than the European chestnuts. Beekeepers should be all over that. It’s the most distinct honey I’ve ever had.  As for the aroma… Well… Enough said.
I have tended those trees. MD TACF, join us!