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How this tree can yield better Kentucky bourbon in future
RICK CHILDRESS, The Herald-Leader
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LORETTO, Ky. (AP) On a Central Kentucky hillside, over a thousand American white oak stand in neat rows, just barely towering over nearby blades of grass.
These trees, currently just seedlings, have sat in this field on the Maker’s Mark Starhill Farm for less than a month. But years from now, researchers hope they can provide answers on how to protect a species endemic to many American forests and necessary for the creation of the amber liquid that has become one of the state’s most famous exports. ....

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