[MassChestnutOrchards] possible new mother tree near ACF orchard in Granville, MA

[Fred Hebard]

Mike,

The UMass diagnosis is suspect, although it sounds American from the  
location.  Better to send in another leaf sample for confirmation.

We had one here on the side of the road I didn't notice for about 7  
years, until it caught the corner of my eye one day.  When I was a  
grad student, I regularly walked under one without noticing because I  
was attuned to ones with leaves in the understory; that ones leaves  
were in the overstory.

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 Jun 29, 2010, at 11:52 AM, Mike or Penny Novack wrote:

> I have one too, embarrassingly* just down the road from us. In the  
> tree line but could get to it with a bucket truck and would be able  
> to get permission from the landowner (who showed it to Penny and  
> then recently I got to see it. Was confirmed as an American years  
> ago via UMass. I'm guessing the elevation around 800'. This is a  
> large tree over a foot diameter and up in the canopy. I'll report  
> on whether it is blooming but normally drops burrs.
>
> Michael
>
> * I guess I never spotted it blooming wile driving by. Well it is  
> back from the road a good distance. When I say "accessible" I mean  
> first going up their drive and then over grass hopefully finding a  
> route level enough in terms of side slope.
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