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Looks like I was wrong about at least one of the blight resistant seeds, join the ACF to buy a few: http://acf.donorshops.com/product/C60EB65/2017chestnutseedle
by cpfohl 10y ago
Looks like I was wrong about at least one of the blight resistant seeds, join the ACF to buy a few: http://acf.donorshops.com/product/C60EB65/2017chestnutseedlevelmember.php http://acf.donorshops.com/product/C60EB65/2017chestnutseedle...
- jeffbarr 10y agoCurrently limited to the part of the US that's east of the Mississippi.
- panglott 10y agoThe entire natural range of the American chestnut was east of the Mississippi.
- astrolabe38 10y agoUnfortunate that most of HN's reader base is in CA.
- brianwawok 10y agoSource? I doubt that is true anymore. Maybe 1/3?
- panglott 10y agoThere are several stands of genetically-pure American chestnut on the West Coast that remain because they were isolated from the blight. These were trees imported by settlers and arborists in the 19th century—they should remain protected!