On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:52:20 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


You wouldn't be thinking of cutting down an American Chestnut, would
you?

Well, I thnk it is. Maybe I should have the Extension Center at UCONN
come and look at it before I remove it.

I didn't realise they were that rare - I've got two of these things the
yard next to the house with the runaway tree.

And I'm pretty sure they are American Chestnuts.

I'd call the Extension Center, just in case. Or:

http://www.acf.org/find_a_tree.php

If they truly are American Chestnuts, they are probably blight resistant,
and the pollen might be of help in cross-pollinating resistant strains.
While you and I might not be around to see them, there looks to be a
future for the "Redwood of the East".