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On 12/30/2018 12:12 PM, wrote:
Sonny mentioned he wanted to plant chestnut trees -
here's a link showing native range & much more info :
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It's now been over 40 years but VPI (VA Tech) had (has?) a few original
resprouted specimens they were guarding zealously from letting anybody
know where they were...at that time when I wrangled a visit with a prof
had gotten to know, the largest was approaching 50ft.

At that time, folks were still harvesting the occasional found log from
long since dead specimens.

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