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Chestnut was a tree that provided great lumber and an edible crop...Ash


was/is also important for the quality of its timber. Tough to replace those two. The good news is that the Ash Borer can be taken out by Parasitic Wasps that are now beginning to be introduced. The American Chestnut is being cross bred with European Chestnuts that do not catch the blight. The arborists are close to having a replacement that is almost 100% American Chestnut with just enough European resistance bred in to them. (I am sort of a tree geek...sorry)

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Posted: 09/02/2021 at 5:42PM



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