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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?

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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.

Catkins in my yard are buzzing with bees!

I have tended those trees. MD TACF, join us!

Watch this quick video to learn how we conduct controlled pollinations for our breeding program.

Learn more about our breeding program and our use of the recurrent genomic selection model: tacf.org/tree-breeding/

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❤️ The original farmstead my property used to be a part of, grew chestnut trees and Hickory trees. The last two American Chestnut trees died about 6 years ago, they were right on the shoreline of a lake and unfortunately all their nuts fell in the water. They died cause they were both girdled by a beaver that had taken up residence on the lake. I would've done something to protect the two trees but unfortunately were not part of my property and all I could do was watch in horror. I wouldn't dare mess with trees that don't belong to me. I would however love to add some if it's possible to purchase American Chestnut back to our property, our parcel had the Shagbark Hickory trees on it.

Big tree - Asian chestnut ?

Did you know that Allegheny chinquapins can get chestnut blight?

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Would it get a lot bigger if it didn't get the blight? If so, how much?

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