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| On. Oct. 9,
2003, burrs had replaced the flowers and the nuts were ready to harvest
for the restoration project. |
Burrs that have
opened. Most of the burrs were closed. |
The utility
NSTAR boom truck helped. |
A chestnut burr
that was left unprotected. |
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| John Emery of
the American Chestnut Foundation went aloft. Behind him one of the
protective bags is visible. |
On the left is
a pollinated chestnut. John Emery will let them mature at home another
week, let the burs begin to open before he pries the nuts out, and then
will refrigerate them for three months. On the right, an unpollinated
chestnut. |
Another picture
of the same American Chestnut left with unharvested nuts. Note the dead
branch...is it an intimation of blight-mortality? |
John got 288 fertilized nuts out of 282 burs in 76 bags (including 7 controls--deliberately unpollinated bags) for the restoration project from this Walden Woods tree. |
John said cold spring rains and late pollination made this a year of small burs, smallish nuts and somewhat lower fertility, not only in Lincoln but around the area. John adds that he should have all he needs for next year's plantings. |
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