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Environment & Energy

CottonBear

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2. This is fascinating research!

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2020, 09:07 AM

Apr 2020

My family settled in the mountains of Western North Carolina in the mid 1700s. I have a plain table that is made of chestnut wood. Apparently, it was made by a family member. It was old when my mom was a little girl. My mom ate at that very table when her family lived with her grandmother, my great grandmother, back in the late 1930s to early 1940s. i have the table now. It has wooden pegs.

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Geneticists May Have Turned The Corner On Restoring American Chestnut - Long, Fascinating Story [View all] hatrack Apr 2020 OP

i'm glad that splinter group worked out rampartc Apr 2020 #1

They were asked to leaf but proved to be a hard nut to crack. ret5hd Apr 2020 #3

This is fascinating research! CottonBear Apr 2020 #2

Is there any way you could post a picture of your chestnut wood table? BComplex Apr 2020 #5

I don't have time at the moment to read this MuseRider Apr 2020 #4

I have friends that have a chestnut farm. The history of chestnuts in the USA is really BComplex Apr 2020 #6

people should check themselves when questioning science they dont really understand. mopinko Apr 2020 #7

I personally would welcome pscot Apr 2020 #8

Yes. And the green glowing one sounds cool! scipan Apr 2020 #10

I have followed this very closely. I had a 20 ft American Chestnut in my yard which I'd hoped... NNadir Apr 2020 #9