These non-blight-resistant trees were transplanted 9 years ago. Read more about them in my earlier post.
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Beautiful chestnut can be seen in the home of Rutherford B. Hayes in Fremont, Ohio.
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If you want to read about these great trees, read “American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree” by Susan Freinkl. I’ve been fascinated by these trees since I was a kid. While on a scouting hike, a forest ranger showed us several decaying trunks, with the young shoots still trying to send up new growth from the roots. Until a few years ago, there was a 80-year-old or so tree in Maryland. The blight finally got it, though.
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Thanks, Judysbirds! I’ll look that book up. Just to imagine a forest full of these trees, a third of a continent full of them…
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Check out this photo to see what these beautiful trees looked like:
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