“All ash trees within one-half mile of known infested trees must be destroyed in order to assure eradication.”
Man, that’s heavy stuff. Quarintine includes firewood.
http://www.ohioagriculture.gov/eab
Edited 11/12/2004 11:26 am ET by rez
Edited 11/12/2004 11:26 am ET by rez
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Indiana also...bad - bad - - chestnuts - elms - beech and oak have new diseases - chinese beetle in chicago maples, they cut all maples in entire neiborhoods, hoping to contain it - emerald ash borer -
zebra mussels - lampreys -
all sacrificed at the altar of 'one world, free trade' -
I'm in a bad mood today so far...
If something ever hit the Golden Delicious and Mutsu I'll be cryin'.
How'd your cider turn out this year?
Edited 11/12/2004 11:51 am ET by rez
On a positive note found several American Chestnut trees trying to grow next to a sawdust pile.
About 2 inches diameter and 10 foot high.
Here in Ct almost all of the hemlocks are dead from a blight. You can save some if you spray but it is expensive
But then again there's another American Chestnut tree in that same area that grew to 7 inches dia and died.
I understand there is hope the blight is passing and the chestnuts will return.
From what I've heard its not the same north american chestnut. Its some chinese resemblance.
No, this is in the middle of the woods coming up by themselves around where the old chestnuts were.
In some areas the American Chestnut tree will sprout and grow into a sapling before the blight kills it off. But you will almost never see one much bigger than the one described. Asian Chestnuts are resistant to the blight but they never reach the size and form of an American Chestnut. There has been research on an experimental farm in Virginia for at least the last 30 years to develop a blight resistant variety of American Chestnut. They have made countless crosses between the two species without much success. However, there was recently a report that after numerous backcrosses with certain chestnuts they think have developed a species that has the characteristics of the American with the blight resistance of the Asian. Currently the trees are being observed to see if the theory is true. One can only hope.
Russ
The American chestnut Society has a menbership program, for 200 $ IIRC, they send ya a slew of starts, small saplings. I will be getting a bunch, when things settle down a bit here.
They claim, they have a cross breed that will work.
I'll post a link when my other computer is fixed next week.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations.
Cross your fingers you don't have to face an infestation of the Asian Longhorned Beetle.
http://www.toronto.ca/trees/pdfs/ALHB-Brochure.pdf