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Re-establishing the Chestnut Tree in New Jersey, One Sapling at a Time

Have You Ever Heard of a Chinquapin?

Have You Ever Heard of a Chinquapin? Emma Phelps © Provided by Southern Living Paul Sisco A chinka-what? I asked my grandparents, as they told me about this surprising and funny little nut that s widespread from Maryland down to Texas. My grandparents explained that they grew up enjoying this uncommon snack from the trees on their family farms. Apparently, it can even be baked into a pie. Such intrigue! The chinquapin, or chinkapin, is a sister species to the American chestnut. It grows in a hard, spikey burr on a squatty tree that looks similar to the American chestnut tree. The first English recording of the chinquapin was from Captain John Smith in approximately 1607 when he came in contact with the Powhatan confederacy, Taylor Perkins, a research associate at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, says. The original name chechinquamin (which evolved over time from pronunciation) meant mini berry or fruit in the Powhatan language.

The return of the American chestnut tree in Fluvanna – Fluvanna Review

Correspondent Growing up we heard about the chestnut tree in literature, heard it in Christmas songs, and some may remember, in places like New York City, street vendors selling roasted chestnuts. It was common to see chestnut trees in the wild and it was part of American life. They survived for 40 million years and died out within 40 years. In north-eastern America, there were three billion trees and 25 percent of the trees in the Appalachian Mountains were chestnut but the number of surviving trees 24” in diameter is now fewer than 100. “The chestnut trees, once a dominant tree of the Eastern deciduous forest, had been decimated by a blight in the early 1900s. Their nuts were a valuable source of food for wildlife and humans, while the wood was highly prized with its rot-resistant quality as well as strength. It was used for railroad ties, telegraph poles, etc.,” said Walter Hussey, a master naturalist. “The American Chestnut Foundation  (ACF) and the Virginia Department

Initial Phase of American Chestnut Restoration has begun - The Cherokee One Feather

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