The chestnut trees of Europe tell a hidden story charting the fortunes of ancient Rome and the legacy it left in the ...

American chestnut trees used to be everywhere The chestnut ... They're a kind of dry fruit with a single seed, hard shell, and a protective husk. Chestnuts, hazelnuts, pecans and walnuts fit ...

American chestnut is a fast growing species that can reach a pinnacle of 120 feet high and 10 feet or more in diameter. The majority of the mature trees were between 3 and 5 feet in diameter and 60 to ...

Now, 84 percent of chestnut trees in America remain small and are unable to bear fruit. At one point, there were anywhere between three and five billion American chestnut trees. Today, there are, at ...

Chestnut trees are the gardener’s version of the perfect protein. They help shade and encourage other plants, create edible fruit that lasts for generations, which can also be ground for flour ...

Cross-breeding American chestnut trees is a challenge because they do not produce fruit until their sixth year. Researchers have spent 25 years breeding resistant Chinese varieties of chestnut ...

His ancestors depended on the trees for food and medicine. But in 10 years of searching, he’s never found the spiny pods that hold the chestnut’s prized fruit. Soon, scientists at the SUNY ...

SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) — For about seven years, the state's natural resources leaders have harbored a secret. They still won't reveal the exact location of it or allow outsiders to see it.

The common horse-chestnut tree (Aesculus hippocastanum ... Q: I have been trying to reach the Seattle Tree Fruit Society to order more of the maggot barriers you wrote about in April 2007.

HORSE-CHESTNUT trees are in fruit and a fresh, plump, lustrous brown conker peeping out of its spiky case at this time of year is a lovely find. When it falls from the tree, the leathery husk that ...

“The American chestnut had a significant role for indigenous communities ... And when he pointed out a persimmon tree with a piece of fruit dangling from a limb, he urged Sheila Vincent to take a bite ...