Darling-58 sprouts, a transgenic American chestnut created by ESF researchers, grow in a nutrient solution. Darling 54, a ...

This tree isn't too picky about its soil conditions and can thrive in loam, sand, or even poor nutrient soils. Your Chinese ...

While bearing acreage for almonds, pistachios and walnuts has more than doubled in the last 20 years to meet world demand, domestic per capita availability for tree nuts (shelled basis) has also ...

All over eastern North America right now, chestnut breeders are pollinating tree flowers. "So here is actually some flowers," ...

“Chestnut trees were the dominant tree nut species — some estimates were that one of every four trees was a chestnut,” Judd said. “And then, around the turn of the 1900s, ...

American chestnut. This tree grows between 40 to 90 feet and has oval-shaped leaves. It produces edible chestnuts inside a spiky green shell. Though once prevalent in the state, this tree ...

Cultivation of chestnut trees for nut production in the U.S. nearly doubled between 2017 and 2022, to more than 2,800 farms, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Overall chestnut acreage ...

Chestnut forests could provide food security for communities, be a boon for farmers and benefit the environment Michael Judd strides among the chestnut trees on the four-hectare (10-acre) swath of ...

Once a towering presence in northeastern forests, the American Chestnut is making a quiet comeback in Brooklyn.