North Carolina / South Carolina News
Pollinations at the Pryor Farm, Edneyville, NC, June 18, 2025
The photos above were taken by Jules Smith. Paul Sisco contributed by providing some of the pollen from another orchard for today’s...
Pollination Day at the Chestnut Return Farm, Seneca, SC, June 12, 2025
Seed Planting in the Germplasm Conservation Orchard at the Pryor Farm, Edneyville, NC, May 3, 2025
Mountain Science Expo, NC Arboretum, Asheville, NC, April 26, 2025
South Carolina Hemlock Festival, Mt. Rest, SC, April 19, 2025
Blight Inoculations on Hybrid Chestnuts – Chestnut Return Farm, Seneca, SC, April 17, 2025
Today, several hybrid chestnut trees were inoculated with a fungal culture of Cryphonectria parasitica, which causes chestnut blight, to evaluate the resistance of each tree, at Dr. Joe James's Chestnut Return Farm. Jamie Van Clief, TACF's Southern Regional Science...