Your Chinese chestnut tree should begin producing nuts in the fall after it's settled in. That said, if you've got the room, planting more than one lets them cross-pollinate and produce more nuts ...

Readers discuss Gene Hackman’s death, the male Gen Z vote, water pressure and chestnut trees. Regarding Gene Hackman’s Feb.

The cleaned nut is cut open and the ovules are removed and placed on ... As of the fall of 2013, we have planted 1275 transgenic chestnut trees at eight sites in New York State and one in Virginia.

A mature tree in a favorable location in a well ... a valuable extract used to tan leather. Historically, the chestnut’s abundant nut crop was an important source of nutrition for rural families ...

The American chestnut almost was wiped out in the 20th century. Can scientists and the Park Service bring back this iconic tree? At the end of the long weekend last April, the volunteers were cold, ...

Do these trees present any danger to people with celiac disease, or other gluten intolerance? No, people with celiac disease, or other forms of gluten intolerance can eat nuts from Darling chestnuts ...

While many trees in the southern range were killed by Phytophthora root rot (PRR), the chestnut blight leaves roots intact, so many chestnuts have been surviving by growing back from the roots ...

and the nuts are peeled, frozen, and turned into other products. One is chestnut flour, the reason some call chestnuts “the grain that grows on trees.” Blackwell tells us that French chefs use ...

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire are synonymous with the festive season, but remember, chestnuts are for life – not just for Christmas! In The Food Programme, Rachel Roddy and Sheila Dillon ...