The New York Restoration Project has launched an effort to plant 1,000 thriving American chestnut trees that are hybridized with the blight-resistant Chinese chestnut tree across the five boroughs.

That’s led some scientists at the University of Vermont to try to jumpstart this process for an already beleaguered tree ... of the American chestnut with the Chinese chestnut.

Separate studies of terrestrial (gypsy moth) caterpillars showed leaf consumption differences between Chinese ... Acer/deciduous tree, Pinus/conifer) were germinated in potting mix with different ...

My largest and quickest-to-bear tree, now 12 years old, was actually grown by planting a Chinese chestnut. The tree has both a height and spread of about 20 feet, and it yields more than half a ...

It was likely the tree was cross-pollinated with a Chinese chestnut, a common ornamental ... the Delaware Nature Society plans to collect its seeds this fall, and the Mt. Cuba Center, another ...

The higher Mike Manes, 78, hiked, here on the Appalachian Trail, the more chestnut ... tree, their rot-resistant wood once used for building cribs, homes, and coffins for centuries. Its seeds ...

Three different times people have mowed over my chestnut tree and yet it does come back. I asked my friend for some photos of the Chinese chestnuts he has been harvesting from his yard.

“Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” is playing on the radio now in the Northern Hemisphere which begs the question, “What happened to the American chestnut?” Would you be surprised to ...