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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Old American chestnuts fruit each year, and Kell said they were ... The national organization has created hundreds of chestnut trees with varying genetics but all nearly identical to the wild ...

So as he waits for the chestnut trees to yield fruit, he’s inviting people to visit the farm for farm-to-table dinners, wellness retreats, and educational events. Bloom Farm is a radical experiment.

Why did the Romans so favour the sweet chestnut tree? According to Krebs, they did not tend to value the fruit much – in Roman culture, it was portrayed as a rustic food of poor, rural people in ...