There’s an old holiday tradition in the U.S. that's become increasingly harder to celebrate: fire-roasted chestnuts. Thanks to an endemic fungus, about 4 billion American chestnut trees were killed ...

Jack Frost might nip at your nose. Tiny tots will find it hard to sleep on Christmas Eve. But the opening lyrics to Nat King's Cole's 1946 classic, "The Christmas Song," probably falls flat with most ...

You can grow chestnuts in Southern California. You will need to incorporate lots of compost and gypsum in the soil prior to planting since chestnut trees (Castanea spp.) appreciate a somewhat acidic ...

The loss of American chestnut trees, Castanea denatata, ranks as one of the most devastating botanical disasters in U.S. history. Before the introduction of chestnut blight in 1904, there were over 4 ...

To facilitate a harvest that could prove a key step in the decades-long effort to restore the nearly extinct American chestnut, Go Native Tree Farm employees used a 55-foot lift to gather the neon ...

OMP resident Tom Dalluge is devoted to saving, nurturing and growing American chestnuts on the Old Mission Peninsula.

Aug 17, 2024 Aug 17, 2024 Updated Sep 26, 2025 The American chestnut tree was one of the most populous and mighty trees in eastern North America before a blight over the past century brought it to ...

Although many Americans still associate the winter holidays with chestnuts, the tree that once produced them — the American chestnut — no longer does so, except in a few rare cases. During the first ...

A startup called American Castanea has joined the quest to revive the American chestnut tree, the first step in its plan to give forests a genetic upgrade. Under a slice-of-heaven sky, 150 acres of ...

The giant chestnut tree the Puyallup School District removed from a school playground last month can pose a life-threatening allergic reaction only if digested, experts say. Dr. Jeffrey Demain, a ...

Scientists have a plan to restore the nearly extinct American chestnut to its abundant glory, and they need New York City residents’ help. The New York Restoration Project has launched an effort to ...