American chestnut trees were almost wiped out by blight. Grow your own disease-resistant American chestnut hybrid tree.

In 2014, I wrote an article on the demise of the American chestnut tree due to the invasive chestnut blight. I’ve been reading the ...

Chestnuts were reputedly served at the first Thanksgiving and thanks to dedicated breeding programs may be available locally ...

CRESSONA — Seeds lying deep inside a sleepy hillside orchard could play a crucial role in the regeneration of the embattled American chestnut tree. Early Friday morning, a team of volunteers dropped ...

The once-prevalent American chestnut tree was wiped out of West Virginia by blight nearly 100 years ago, but you may be able to help with its restoration efforts.

Before globalization and colonialism brought the invasive chestnut blight pathogen to American soils, for thousands of years, the Cherokee made a cough syrup from the leaves of the American chestnut ...

Question: I would love to grow American chestnut trees on my property to harvest the nuts for the holidays. Is this possible? Answer: The quick answer to this question is no – though work on ...

Erie has a Chestnut Street. So do Cranesville and Corry, Girard and Lake City, Edinboro, Waterford and North East. There's a reason you find so many stretches of road that carry that name here and ...

Late on Friday, December 8th, the American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) announced they were withdrawing their support for the “Darling 58” (D58) genetically engineered American chestnut tree. As ...

NELSON COUNTY -- A much-mourned American legend still grows in the woodlands of the southern mountains. Quietly, on Appalachian hillsides millions of its progeny peek through the leaf litter. A few of ...

PITTSFIELD — An orchard of chestnut trees in Springside Park got some tough love Wednesday when a group of volunteers inoculated them against an invasive disease. The action will kill off 80 to 90 ...