[MassChestnutOrchards] Granville ACF orchard news

[Fred Hebard]

John,

You need room for 20 plots of 38' x 38', or 2/3 of an acre.  An acre  
is 43560 sq feet, but most plots aren't even in shape.  You also need  
a 30-60' border, especially on the south side, to get full sunlight.

Fred

On Aug 31, 2009, at 12:36 PM, j.johnmeiklejohn at comcast.net wrote:

> Hi Kendra,
>
> Thanks for getting back to me on this important issue.  To be  
> absolutely certain, I would like a 2nd opinion from Fred or  
> Charlotte on this issue of seed orchard block size as there is no  
> purpose in my expanding the cleared area of the fenced breeding  
> orchard if it won't meet the minimum requirement on size for a seed  
> orchard.
>
>
> John Meiklejohn
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kendra Gurney" <kendra at acf.org>
> To: masschestnutorchards at masschestnut.org
> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 11:36:46 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [MassChestnutOrchards] Granville ACF orchard news
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> Hi John –
>
>
> To answer your question on seed orchard block size, you need one  
> acre of space.  I’d invite Fred or Sara to chime in here if there  
> may be room to plant a block in ¾ of an acre, but I believe with  
> the tight spacing there is less “wiggle room” on the size than  
> there is for a breeding orchard.
>
>
> Kendra
>
>
> From: masschestnutorchards-bounces at masschestnut.org  
> [mailto:masschestnutorchards-bounces at masschestnut.org] On Behalf Of  
> John Meiklejohn
> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 11:58 AM
> To: masschestnutorchards at masschestnut.org
> Subject: [MassChestnutOrchards] Granville ACF orchard news
>
>
> Jamie & John Mirick:
>
>
> Re:  developing a conservation easement for the Granville ACF orchard
>
>
> I was glad to see John has started the process of developing a  
> template for easement agreements.  He and I had talked at past mtgs  
> about collaborating on this but we had not actively connected on it.
>
>
> Here is the status on my end for developing an easement agreement  
> for the Granville orchard.  With help from a friend I am slowly  
> clearing the trees and brush from the remainder of the current  
> fenced orchard area to create a space that will be about 3/4 of an  
> acre.  My understanding is that for BC3F2 orchards we want a  
> minimum of 3/4 acre plots [please confirm that I'm correct here].   
> Once the new area is cleared the plantable area within the fence  
> will be .70 to .75 of an acre based on my recent rough  
> measurement.  If this is too small for a BC3F2 orchard plot then I  
> need to know and will stop the work of expanding this plot.  Also,  
> if the plot is not large enough for the next generation then there  
> is little reason to create an easement unless we want to protect  
> the 5-10 BC3 trees that will hopefully survive the innoculation  
> process. [This BC3 orchard should be ready for innoculation next  
> year.]
>
>
> Since I'm determined to use a portion of our land for a TACF-MA  
> BC3F2 plot I've measured another field that is at least .75 of an  
> acre.  That too will take a bit of clean up to be ready for  
> planting.  It is not fenced but could be.
>
>
> I'd prefer to use the first field for the conservation easement  
> with TACF-MA because it is set to one side of our main acreage and  
> it already has drip irrigation installed.
>
>
> Could one of you or Charlotte or Fred confirm for me that the plots  
> for BC3F2 nuts must be of a certain minimum size.  Before I proceed  
> with John on the conservation easement I want to be certain that I  
> have chosen an appropriate area for the easement and for the next  
> generation planting.
>
>
> On a different subject, I went up to the Granville State Forest  
> last weekend to check on the Am. Chestnut that the State Forester  
> had informed us about.  The tree is about 8"dbh, shows no signs of  
> disease on the main trunk, possible disease presence on an upper  
> branch, and about 20-30 burrs.  It would be accessible to a  
> smallish bucket truck in dryer weather.  It's about 50 ft down a  
> woods road off a main road through the Granville SF.
>
>
> John Meiklejohn
>
>
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