[heartwood]

There is another approach, breeding the American with the Chinese, keeping the trees with blight resistance and American form, and back-crossing to the American. I think the fourth generation is out there now, I would plant the fifth generation, 31/32 American.

There are also some really resistant big trees in the Alleghenies.

Another virture of chestnuts is that they like disturbed soil and can be used to reforest strip mined areas.

[semimojo]

There is another approach, breeding the American with the Chinese, keeping the trees with blight resistance and American form, and back-crossing to the American.

We’re participating in the project and have planted about a dozen of the trees.

We report regularly on their progress.

I think the approach shows a lot of promise.