[MassChestnutOrchards] B3F3 Nuts

[Fred Hebard]

Rufin,

The solicitation for seniority members may not have been mailed yet.

Fred

Frederick V. Hebard, PhD
Staff Pathologist, Meadowview Research Farms
American Chestnut Foundation
14005 Glenbrook Ave.
Meadowview, VA 24361

Email: Fred at acf.org
Web: http://www.acffarms.org
Phone: (276) 944-4631
Fax: (276) 944-0934


On Dec 14, 2009, at 9:26 AM, Rufin Van Bossuyt wrote:

> John,
>
> I am eligible for 15 nuts.
> Six as a Life Sponsor member, Six as a Legacy Tree sponsor and  
> three as a participant at the 2009 Annual Meeting. I believe I  
> joined TACF in 1991 and I guess in am not eligible yet due to  
> seniority.
>
> Rufin
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Meiklejohn
> To: masschestnutorchards at masschestnut.org
> Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 2:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [MassChestnutOrchards] B3F3 Nuts
>
> Rufin & Lois,
>
> I like Rufin's suggestion about the B3F3s.  How do we find out if  
> we are eligible yet for B3F3 nuts?  Does the Chapter President or  
> someone else have a list of who's eligible based on seniority in  
> the chapter?  I doubt I would be eligible for nuts as yet, but I'd  
> like to know how one finds out if and when one is eligible.
>
> Thanks for any feedback on this.
>
> John Meiklejohn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: loisbreau at aol.com
> To: masschestnutorchards at masschestnut.org
> Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 2:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [MassChestnutOrchards] B3F3 Nuts
>
> Hi Rufin,
>
> We agree with you. Let's do as much good as we possibly can with  
> the B3F3's in an organized way next spring. We are all so hopelessy  
> overinvolved as to ever be able to claim impartiality, but the fact  
> is Meadowview's success is something so important and so worthy of  
> celebration that we think it will attract major media attention.  
> The legislative aide to our State Rep. wrote to the Governor's  
> office to see if the Governor would be interested in planting a few  
> B3F3's as part of the annual parks volunteer day next April but we  
> haven't had a response yet. We could do something cool with Arbor  
> Day at Tower Hill Botanic Garden or Old Sturbridge Village etc.
>
> We'd be glad to help brainstorming after the holidays. We sent in  
> our money for 6 B3F3's and we'll be doing Brad's "Chestnuts For  
> Dummies" presentation for the Chief Forester and other Boston  
> office senior staff soon too.
>
> Lois & Denis
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Hebard <Fred at acf.org>
> To: masschestnutorchards at masschestnut.org; Rufin Van Bossuyt  
> <rufin at charter.net>
> Cc: Glen Rea <glenrea42 at msn.com>; Bryan Burhans <bryan at acf.org>
> Sent: Sun, Dec 13, 2009 1:11 pm
> Subject: Re: [MassChestnutOrchards] B3F3 Nuts
>
> Rufin, One thing we hope to get all the chapters involved in soon  
> is installing restoration plantings. We need to start getting test  
> plantings of Meadowview nuts out throughout the range of chestnut,  
> to start getting a better idea of how far the trees can move and  
> whether the severity of blight and other diseases or pest  
> conditions changes with location. Bryan has a rather thorough plan  
> for doing this that he has been incubating since he got here, which  
> he will start presenting to the chapters shortly. The nuts you are  
> eligible to receive could be pledged to the Mass Chapter's first  
> restoration   planting. This might be an excellent use for them.  
> Fred Frederick V. Hebard, PhD Staff Pathologist, Meadowview  
> Research Farms American Chestnut Foundation 14005 Glenbrook Ave.  
> Meadowview, VA 24361 Email: Fred at acf.org Web: http:// 
> www.acffarms.org Phone: (276) 944-4631 Fax: (276) 944-0934 On Dec  
> 13, 2009, at 10:24 AM, Rufin Van Bossuyt wrote: > I have been  
> informed that I am eligible to receive 15 B3F3 > Restoration  
> chestnuts. I can accept the nuts or make them available > to our  
> chapter. > I prefer to make them available to our chapter. > I  
> would like to have them planted at significant existing orchard >  
> locations such as: Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Moore State Park, >  
> Mass. Fish and Wildlife, Quabbin Reservoir, River Bend State Park,  
> > etc. > Others in our chapter will also be eligible to receive  
> B3F3 nuts. > Maybe they too would like to make them available for  
> planting by > the chapter. > We could start the nuts in pots in a  
> location that is protected > from the various animals that would  
> like to eat them and where they > would get good care by watering  
> etc. We could then plant the > seedlings and again have good  
> protection for them. > Any thoughts? > > Rufin >  
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