[MassChestnutOrchards] Trees near Goshen, MA

Tue Jul 21 11:44:38 EDT 2009

I found no other trees with blossoms this morning.  Need to check 
with the person reporting, to see if there is another that I missed.
Brian

At 11:05 AM 7/21/2009, you wrote:
>Are there any other blooming trees 'near' the one with females?  I 
>couldn't quite tell, it sounded like the answer is no.
>
>With Charlotte out of town, does anyone here know whether any MA 
>orchards are short of nuts for next spring?  What were/are we going 
>to use the Conway tree for?
>
>Thanks very much for getting the pictures, the tree could still 
>probably be used for part of a line. I have done that with a few 
>larger sprouts this year.
>
>On 7/21/09 10:42 AM, "Brian Clark" 
><<brianeclark at hughes.htm>brianeclark at hughes.net> wrote:
>
>
>I looked at these trees on Hyde Hill Rd. (think they are the same 
>ones - directions are inconsistent) this morning.  The one I found 
>that was flowering was about 30 ft. tall with heavy male flowers 
>starting at 15 ft.  Could not see many females but the males were so 
>dense and bushy it was hard to see.  Flowers all on one side, 
>hanging over the road.  Found one old bur on ground at base of 
>tree.  Could have been more but it was a gravel road with big ditch 
>that had recently been dug out and scraped and most would have 
>fallen into it.  Tree is heavily blighted with largest canker right 
>at the base, about 300 degrees of the trunk involved.  Many smaller 
>ones visible up the main stem.
>
>There was another tree nearly as large about 20 ft. further down the 
>road, upper half dead from blight and no blossoms.  There were 
>several small trees along the road side within a couple hundred 
>yards of these, those with any size showing blight.  I drove the 
>road as far as the Williamsburg town line (1+ mile) and saw numerous 
>small chestnuts along the road side (no flowers visible).  The whole 
>area is heavily wooded, so could be more off the road.
>
>I started getting excited when I first saw all the blossoms hanging 
>out over the road, relatively low, but after seeing the extent of 
>the blight and seemly small number of females, I concluded it was a 
>marginal tree at best.  Although I didn't find a 2nd tree with 
>blossoms, it was a pretty cursory search.  Considering the abundance 
>of trees I saw along the roadside, it seems like a good chance there 
>is something blossoming in the woods somewhere nearby.  All of the 
>Chestnut trees I looked at closely appeared to be American.
>
>Attached 3 low resolution pictures.  Have more, higher resolution 
>(including leaves) if anybody is interested.
>
>Problem with the directions: it is a left onto Hyde Hill Rd. from 
>South Chesterfield Rd.  Right is Pond Hill Rd.  I also drove along 
>Pond Hill Rd. for a ways but did not see any large 
>chestnut.  Probably worthwhile going back when I have more time (and 
>its not starting to rain) to do more thorough search, with the 
>person reporting them involved.
>
>Brian
>
>At 11:32 AM 7/20/2009, you wrote:
>These sound like potentially very nice trees, has anyone ID'd the leaves?
>
>The unfortunate thing about there being two is that if it's past the time to
>bag them this year, they might have pollinated each other so I'd think we
>would want to wait for next year.
>
>Anyone up there want to check them out?
>
>Yvonne
>
>
>On 7/20/09 11:21 AM, "Kathy Desjardin" 
><<kathydesjardin at verizon.htm>kathydesjardin at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > As I was reading these e-mails, the phone rang and I conversed 
> with an elderly
> > woman from Goshen, MA who was intent on reporting two American 
> trees in bloom
> > along Hyde Hill Rd.  She's been watching these trees for years 
> and just found
> > them in bloom this year.
> > They are approximately 40' - 50' tall.  I asked how many clusters 
> of catkins
> > she sees and she thinks about 50 - 100.
> >
> > Helen notice the bloom within the last few days.  Actually she's at her
> > cottage there.
> > Normally she resides in Wakefield, RI.  She apologized for not 
> calling sooner,
> > but indicated that her husband has been ill and just passed away this week.
> > In the midst of all this, she took time to call us.  She will be available
> > today in Goshen.  Tomorrow she is going to R.I. to make funeral 
> arrangements
> > for a memorial service in August. She will be back in Goshen on Wednesday.
> > She said she'd be happy to meet anyone who wishes to check out the trees or
> > feels that with the directions she gave we can easily find the trees, which
> > would be accessible by bucket truck.
> >
> > Coming from the north, Rt.9 you would turn onto S. Main St., then 
> a right on
> > West Chesterfield Rd. and then a right onto Hyde Hill Rd.  She 
> said the trees
> > are right alongside the road and in bloom.  Her contact info is 
> Helen Behrens
> > - 413-268-0309.
> >
> > In Rhode Island she resides at 127 Firelane, #1, Wakefield, RI.  Her phone
> > there is
> >  401-783-1133.  Helen uses a computer, but while in Goshen must 
> unplug it and
> > go to a neighbors picnic table to pick up a signal.  Her e-mail is
> > <Hbehrens1 at cox.htm>Hbehrens1 at cox.net
> >
> > Kathy
> >
>
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