On Aug 24, 12:29=A0pm, Han <[email protected]> wrote:
> RicodJour <[email protected]> wrote innews:eaa3b803-06d3-4380-8d4d=
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> > On Aug 24, 12:03=A0pm, Han <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> RicodJour <[email protected]> wrote:
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> >> > Haven't read the book yet, but I intend to.
> >> >http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/blighted-hopes
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> >> Just a comment. =A0A beautiful place about 1 1/2 hour North of NYC
> >> still
> > has
> >> chestnuts growing and proliferating. =A0Unfortunately, they are
> >> susceptib
> > le
> >> to the fungus and die before getting more than about 3 inches in
> >> diameter
> > .
> >> One hopes that somehow nature and Darwin will yield a truly resistant
> >> variant of the species.
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> > Where exactly might that be? =A0I live on LI and frequently find myself
> > up in that neck of the woods.
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>
> I don't know wether it is a real secret, but it is not really talked
> about much. =A0Up on the ridge by New Paltz is probably vague enough.
Thanks. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone if I find it. ;)
R
RicodJour <[email protected]> wrote in news:d93cf242-bdfc-4457-9120-
[email protected]:
> Haven't read the book yet, but I intend to.
> http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/blighted-hopes
>
> R
>
Just a comment. A beautiful place about 1 1/2 hour North of NYC still has
chestnuts growing and proliferating. Unfortunately, they are susceptible
to the fungus and die before getting more than about 3 inches in diameter.
One hopes that somehow nature and Darwin will yield a truly resistant
variant of the species.
--
Best regards
Han
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RicodJour <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On Aug 24, 12:03 pm, Han <[email protected]> wrote:
>> RicodJour <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > Haven't read the book yet, but I intend to.
>> >http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/blighted-hopes
>>
>>
>> Just a comment. A beautiful place about 1 1/2 hour North of NYC
>> still
> has
>> chestnuts growing and proliferating. Unfortunately, they are
>> susceptib
> le
>> to the fungus and die before getting more than about 3 inches in
>> diameter
> .
>> One hopes that somehow nature and Darwin will yield a truly resistant
>> variant of the species.
>
> Where exactly might that be? I live on LI and frequently find myself
> up in that neck of the woods.
>
> R
I don't know wether it is a real secret, but it is not really talked
about much. Up on the ridge by New Paltz is probably vague enough.
--
Best regards
Han
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On Aug 24, 12:03=A0pm, Han <[email protected]> wrote:
> RicodJour <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Haven't read the book yet, but I intend to.
> >http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/blighted-hopes
>
>
> Just a comment. =A0A beautiful place about 1 1/2 hour North of NYC still =
has
> chestnuts growing and proliferating. =A0Unfortunately, they are susceptib=
le
> to the fungus and die before getting more than about 3 inches in diameter=
.
> One hopes that somehow nature and Darwin will yield a truly resistant
> variant of the species.
Where exactly might that be? I live on LI and frequently find myself
up in that neck of the woods.
R
On Aug 24, 7:54 pm, "Jon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> There is a small grove of American Chestnut trees still growing out by Jim
> Thorpe, PA. Location is too hard to get to as it is up a small rocky area
> to where they are located. My great aunt's property borders the area.
>
> Jon
>
> "RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> news:d93cf242-bdfc-4457-9120-b85a3ac9c2c0@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com...
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> > Haven't read the book yet, but I intend to.
> >http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/blighted-hopes
>
> > R
There are several areas along the Blue Ridge Parkway where you can
find American chestnut whips and slender trees, coming up from old
root bases. They seldom get more than 2" in diameter, never more than
3". Chestnut rails still dominate the rail fencing along the Parkway;
I understand, but don't know, that they have enough stored to make
replacements for another 50 or 75 years. Might be true. Might be non-
urban legend.
Han wrote:
...
> Just a comment. A beautiful place about 1 1/2 hour North of NYC still has
> chestnuts growing and proliferating. Unfortunately, they are susceptible
> to the fungus and die before getting more than about 3 inches in diameter.
> One hopes that somehow nature and Darwin will yield a truly resistant
> variant of the species.
As a promising note, there is at least one in VA that VPI (Va Tech,
Blacksburg) researchers have been following for over 30 years now. The
precise location is a well-guarded secret in order to protect it (how
sad a commentary, unfortunately) but it has (at least last I knew which
is getting to be a fair number of years now) so far withstood the ravages.
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There is a small grove of American Chestnut trees still growing out by Jim
Thorpe, PA. Location is too hard to get to as it is up a small rocky area
to where they are located. My great aunt's property borders the area.
Jon
"RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Haven't read the book yet, but I intend to.
> http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/blighted-hopes
>
> R
"Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Aug 24, 7:54 pm, "Jon" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> There is a small grove of American Chestnut trees still growing out by
>> Jim
>> Thorpe, PA. Location is too hard to get to as it is up a small rocky
>> area
>> to where they are located. My great aunt's property borders the area.
>>
>> Jon
>>
>> "RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>> news:d93cf242-bdfc-4457-9120-b85a3ac9c2c0@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > Haven't read the book yet, but I intend to.
>> >http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/blighted-hopes
>>
>> > R
Seventy years ago my home was in the South Western part of Virginia. The
were plenty of dead chesnut trees standing. Most of the trees were tall and
slender without any bark. We cut them for firewood. Most were 40 to 50 feet
tall. Once we started them sliding down the mountain they would go like a
rocket all the way to the bottom of the mountain. You could split them with
an ax from end to end.
Virgle