American Chestnut Tree

My late dad had a fascination with the American Chestnut tree. The chestnut once comprised 40% of the hardwood forest on the east coast of the U.S. and was a great source of food and hardwood for man and beast alike. The tree began disappearing from my dad's native Massachusett's forest in his boyhood in the 1920's. Years later,when we finally got a house in a wooded area, he would walk the woods in search of any remaining vestiges of the great trees. Occasionally we would discover a young tree only to watch it fall victim to the blight after only a few years. Looks like they may have found a stand in Georgia that has resisted the blight...Here's a link to The American Chestnut Foundation, and yes, that's a Chestnut tree in the photo at right.
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