[AT] Subject: Re: Portland Info/ash trees

[Roy Morgan]

On Jul 26, 2008, at 11:12 AM, charlie hill wrote:

> When I was a kid there were little bushes around here that we called
> Chinquapins.  ...  Later on I
> realized they probably were some sort of Chestnut  and I guess they  
> are all
> gone now.

Charlie and others,

I may not have any of this right, but:
I think the chestnut blight hit New England prior to 1950.  That's  
when my family moved to rural New England and I became aware that  
there weren't any left.  ("Horse Chestnuts", yes.)

As I understand it, there are some american chestnuts growing now.   
Maybe they were resistant strains, or they've been developed or  
encouraged since.  But of course those of us living now will never see  
the really old ones that were standing in the 40's.

Roy


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