Perhaps they were acting on behalf of the American Chestnut Cooperators Foundation, they have been working to cross various American Chestnuts with demonstrated

Perhaps they were acting on behalf of the American Chestnut Cooperators Foundation, they have been working to cross various American Chestnuts with demonstrated blight resistance to create a fully resistant strain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Chestnut_Cooperators_Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Chestnut_Cooperators_...