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Originally Posted by harveyc
Rob, know Hill Craddock that works with chestnuts in your area very well. I've sent him scions and he's bought chestnuts from me and I've been at a couple of chestnut conferences with him. Nice guy.
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Yes, Hill Craddock, I remember the name now. I live near Bendabout Polo Farm and I remember reading that they have a test plot over there as well at Reflection Riding Arboretum. I've seen the ones at Reflection Riding a few years back. I personally don't care as much about the nuts but I would like to see a return of such a massive, quick growing tree once hailed as the "Redwood of the East". Do you sell pure American Chestnut seeds? I'd like to find a source so that if I ever get my hands on a blight resistant tree I can have some root stock available for grafting.
Here's one I found in Nashua, NH:
I was hopeful that I'd get seeds off of it some day but now the blight is starting to appear on it and all the nuts are shriveled.
Here's the blight setting in:
