[MassChestnutOrchards] Request For Pure American Chestnut Seed

[Bill Adamsen]

Jamie and Kathy:

We don't show a Cliff Olson that is or ever has been a member of TACF from
the state of CT.
It would be interesting to get a better understanding of what he is doing,
and intends to do with the opa materials.
I will contact him off-line.

--
Bill Adamsen
CT Chapter President
917.796.4284 (m)


On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Jamie Donalds <n1djb at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Kathy, This seems like someone who we should help if we can.
>            I remember someone at the winter chapter meeting saying that
> they had, or knew somone who had pure Amercans.
> Does any one  who attended remember this?
> -Jamie
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* KATHY DESJARDIN <KATHYDESJARDIN at VERIZON.NET>
> *To:* Charlotte Zampini <cbz at aol.com>; Rufin Van Bossuyt <
> rufin at charter.net>; Jamie Donalds <n1djb at yahoo.com>
> *Sent:* Fri, January 29, 2010 6:49:35 PM
> *Subject:* FW: Request For Pure American Chestnut Seed
>
>  The following is a rather unusual request address to our chapter.
> Wondered if you are familiar with this person.
>
>
>
> Kathy
>
>
>
> *From:* mlbcliff at aol.com [mailto:mlbcliff at aol.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, January 29, 2010 4:48 PM
> *To:* machapter at acf.org
> *Subject:* Request For Pure American Chestnut Seed
>
>
>
> Hello Ms. Desjardin,
>
>
> My name is Clifford Olson. I am a American Chestnut enthusiast and breeder
> from Connecticut and am interested in obtaining pure American Chestnut seeds
> from your state. I have an orchard that currently has many American trees
> from Virginia in it and as spring is just around the corner, I am hoping to
> greatly expand it soon with trees from many other states as well. My goal is
> to obtain seeds/seedlings from as many mother trees as possible from every
> state so that I can preserve the gene pool for the time being and eventually
> repopulate the surrounding area. Collecting pure American Chestnut trees is
> a true passion of mine and I have been doubling my recent efforts to obtain
> seeds from as many surviving American Chestnut trees as I can. Unfortunately
> getting to each state in the original range and searching about for the rare
> surviving mother trees is a daunting task, although a welcome one. I do not
> know if you have any pure American Chestnut seeds available that you are
> willing to part with or not, but I would be DELIGHTED to have some if they
> are available. I can use as many as you are willing to give. They would be
> well watered, protected, and taken care of. I can send you some money. If
> none are available, I will be disappointed but understand completely! Pure
> American Chestnuts from local trees are a rare and beautiful thing. Thank
> you for your time! I look forward to hearing from you!
>
> Cliff Olson
>
>
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