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Pure American Chestnuts Available via Fall Mailorder
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Posted by
shastensis (
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Thu, Aug 18, 11 at 13:20
| 100% Pure American Chestnut seedlings are available this year via mailorder from University of Idaho Forest Nursery. Seedlings are from a source in Pennsylvania and are 2 dollars each. To place an order for Fall Delivery, please call Annette Brusven @ 1-208-885-3888 |
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RE: Pure American Chestnuts Available via Fall Mailorder
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| as compared to what .... adulterated ones???? i would like to point out that you are a regular contributing member .. and that presumably .. you have no vested interest in any remuneration from said STATE offering ... otherwise your post is spam ... and i dont want to miss your contributions ... just in case bigbrother is watching.. in other words.. you are excited about pointing out to us.. something you found ... ken |
RE: Pure American Chestnuts Available via Fall Mailorder
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- Posted by lkz5ia z5 west iowa (My Page) on
Thu, Aug 18, 11 at 16:09
| I've gotten evergreens in plugs from them and were pretty good for the price. But I'm not sure why you made this topic either? |
RE: Pure American Chestnuts Available via Fall Mailorder
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| It might be useful if these were test plugs from the CB resistance breeding program. Or maybe they are. Can't tell. Dan |
RE: Pure American Chestnuts Available via Fall Mailorder
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| as compared to what .... adulterated ones???? As opposed to the 15/16 ones that come out of the American Chestnut Foundation program (1/16 chinese for improved resistance to the blight). Mind you, I have no opinion on this, just responding to your comment. |
RE: Pure American Chestnuts Available via Fall Mailorder
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Ken,
Post shouldn't be considered spam, I don't work for the nursery and have no benefit in spreading this word than knowing that these seedlings will be planted. PURE (yes pure, as opposed to "adulterated", i.e. HYBRID trees) Castanea dentata can be very hard to come by as the species is functionally extinct in the wild. Note the word "functionally" extinct - as in only existing as sprouts that grow to about thirty or forty feet in most caswes and then die back from the blight. The blight, Cryphonectria parasitica, needs warm humid summers to shed spores. The American West, of course, rarely has warm temps and humidity, so the trees stand a chance since the blight has a much harder time getting established out there. I have seen a 150 year old American Chestnut that was planted by a gold miner from West Virginia. It grows on the Klamath River near the Oregon Border, it must be six feet diameter. |
RE: Pure American Chestnuts Available via Fall Mailorder
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| the catalogue states that they can "be grown in the west blight-free". I'm glad that they make that distinction. If these seedlings are shipped to and planted by property owners in the east they are doomed to Chestnut Blight. |
RE: Pure American Chestnuts Available via Fall Mailorder
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| I know of one growing in the high heat of Dallas and seems to be doing alright. I think the seed came from someone in New York of all places. It seems to be doing fine. It's about 15 feet tall. It's also growing in alkaline clay soil. |
RE: Pure American Chestnuts Available via Fall Mailorder
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| So these would not make it in north east Florida? I'd have to get a higher-ratio of Chinese like the Dunstan? |
RE: Pure American Chestnuts Available via Fall Mailorder
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| So will any of thee be available for this fall? I'm planting Allegany chinkapin and wanted to try a couple of pure chest nuts on our place southeast of Dallas. Texas is a bit further west than the historical distribution of american chestnuts... |
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