If you enjoy roasted chestnuts, you may enjoy growing a few trees of your own. Most chestnut trees are seedlings. That is, they are grown directly from a seed without being budded or grafted. But the ...

Many years ago, I worked at nursery called Davey Tree farm just northwest of Wooster. While I worked there, I developed a relationship with an arborist who was hired to help the nursery. He had a ...

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 ...

Q: I love horse-chestnut trees. Are they hard to grow? A: Not if you have plenty of room and don’t mind cleaning up after them in autumn. The common horse-chestnut tree (Aesculus hippocastanum) has ...

DURHAM — Times are tough for New Englanders hoping to roast chestnuts on an open fire this Christmas due to the rampant spread of a fungal disease killing American chestnut trees. That may not be the ...

In 1876 Samuel B. Parsons received a shipment of chestnut seeds from Japan and decided to grow and sell the trees to orchards. Unbeknownst to him, his shipment likely harbored a stowaway that caused ...

Question: I saw some chestnuts at the market last weekend. Can chestnuts be grown in Oregon? I thought they went extinct in North America due to disease. Answer: Chestnut trees do grow in the Pacific ...

Citizen scientist volunteers are needed to help monitor sweet chestnut trees for pests and disease, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has said. Sweet chestnut trees, or Castanea sativa, are found ...