On Aug 24, 12:03*pm, Han wrote:
RicodJour wrote:

Haven't read the book yet, but I intend to.
http://www.americanscientist.org/boo...blighted-hopes


Just a comment. *A beautiful place about 1 1/2 hour North of NYC still has
chestnuts growing and proliferating. *Unfortunately, they are susceptible
to the fungus and die before getting more than about 3 inches in diameter..
One hopes that somehow nature and Darwin will yield a truly resistant
variant of the species.

Where exactly might that be? I live on LI and frequently find myself
up in that neck of the woods.

R