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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am eligible for 15 nuts.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rufin</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=j.johnmeiklejohn@comcast.net
href="mailto:j.johnmeiklejohn@comcast.net">John Meiklejohn</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=masschestnutorchards@masschestnut.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 13, 2009 2:46
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [MassChestnutOrchards] B3F3
Nuts</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rufin & Lois,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for any feedback on this.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Meiklejohn</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=loisbreau@aol.com
href="mailto:loisbreau@aol.com">loisbreau@aol.com</A> </DIV>
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title=masschestnutorchards@masschestnut.org
href="mailto:masschestnutorchards@masschestnut.org">masschestnutorchards@masschestnut.org</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 13, 2009 2:23
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [MassChestnutOrchards]
B3F3 Nuts</DIV>
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<DIV>Hi Rufin,</DIV>
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<DIV>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. </DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>Lois & Denis</DIV>
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Message-----<BR>From: Fred Hebard <Fred@acf.org><BR>To:
masschestnutorchards@masschestnut.org; Rufin Van Bossuyt
<rufin@charter.net><BR>Cc: Glen Rea <glenrea42@msn.com>; Bryan
Burhans <bryan@acf.org><BR>Sent: Sun, Dec 13, 2009 1:11 pm<BR>Subject:
Re: [MassChestnutOrchards] B3F3 Nuts<BR><BR>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: #000; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff"><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT>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: <A href="mailto:Fred@acf.org">Fred@acf.org</A>
Web: <A href="http://www.acffarms.org/" target=_blank>http://www.acffarms.org</A>
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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