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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>On Tuesday I stopped by Ray Cataldo's new apple
orchard on Reynolds Rd (Route 94) in Glocester RI to see how the apple crop was
doing. Ray's orchard is about a mile north from our chestnut tree nursery, and
on the same road. I hadn't seen Ray in a year when we then talked about the work
I was doing on the chestnut nursery. Ray's orchard is about 100 yards from the
West Glocester elementary school that had a few chestnut trees on
which Yvonne pollinated/bagged some nuts this spring.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>While I was picking some apples, Ray pointed
out some trees over his deer fence. He has several chestnut trees, and one
pretty darn heavy with nuts. Seems that once he began clearing the land for the
apple orchard, the chestnuts on the edge of the orchard got
southern sun exposure and sprouted like weeds.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>As I pointed out to Kendra and Yvonne a few months
ago, the American Chestnut trees are very common in my neighborhood. You
find them along the road and in the woods, but rarely with nuts, and
usually with blight.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ray said he is very supportive of our work, and we
are welcome to come to his apple orchard and do what we want with the
chestnuts. The tree in the photo is about 15~20 ft tall.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Roy Najecki</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Glocester RI orchard
manager</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>