American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) - A Great American Tree ...

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Jim Hill‟s <strong>Tree</strong> (#6546)Height 85 feetDiameter 13 inchesMt. Airy, Maryland
Evil Tendendencies CancelWill the blight end the chestnut?The farmers rather guess not.It keeps smoldering at the rootsAnd sending up new shoots.„Till another parasiteShall come and end the blight.-Robert Frost (1936)
Page 1 and 2: American Chestnut (Castanea dentata
Page 3 and 4: Chestnut flowering in early summer
Page 5 and 6: Domain - EukaryaKingdom - PlantaePh
Page 7 and 8: Evolutionary Migration Pathway - Ca
Page 9 and 10: Twigs and Buds,Left - Right:America
Page 12 and 13: Chestnuts make nice shade trees.
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Page 21: Late 1800’s -Blight PandemicBegan
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Page 26: Biology of Cryphonectria parasitica
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Page 37 and 38: Hypovirus in vitro - Blight Strain
Page 39 and 40: Compatible blight strains:• Anast
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Page 55 and 56: Late September - Burs Open
Page 57 and 58: Screening Chestnuts for BlightResis
Page 59 and 60: Inoculation of3 Year OldChestnutsWi
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