Tallest Chestnut Tree in North America

[peakbagger]

Nice to see that there still are a few chestnuts around.

http://bangordailynews.com/2015/11/...hestnut-tree-in-north-america-found-in-maine/

Maine was always the northern most range of chestnuts due to the climate. There are occasion microclimates around in the region that have local conditions that are similar to the conditions found farther south and I expect the chestnuts survive as there just isn't enough density in the area for the blight to be present.

I keep getting tempted to buy a batch of blight resistant chestnuts and give them a try.

 

[bholler]

There is a guy right by us working on hybrid trees and he is also working with some of the more resistant trees around. He has allot of stumps on his property that have allot of growth on them to work with. He has gotten some pretty big pure American trees but so far they still all die off from the blight

 

[Wood Duck]

The woods around here have plenty of smaller American Chestnuts, but they all die at about 6 inches diameter. They die when the bark begins to crack as all trees do - that's when the bark stops looking smooth and starts to look like the mature tree. Often a new sprout will grow from the roots, so the trees have a distinctive appearance with dead sprouts and a live one or two.

 

[bholler]

The woods around here have plenty of smaller American Chestnuts, but they all die at about 6 inches diameter. They die when the bark begins to crack as all trees do - that's when the bark stops looking smooth and starts to look like the mature tree. Often a new sprout will grow from the roots, so the trees have a distinctive appearance with dead sprouts and a live one or two.

Where are you from again? Our neighbor has been traveling around and finding the trees that last the longest taking cuttings from them and working at it that way. He has gotten some pretty large trees but no great successes yet.