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Disease-Resistant American Chestnut: Progress and Availability

The American Chestnut Foundation is developing blight-resistant trees 99% American chestnut. Disease-resistant seeds are available to donors. Other sources like Empire Chestnuts offer hybrid chestnuts. Full reintroduction strategies are underway.

About Gardening: Germinating Chestnut Seeds: Cold Stratification and Planting Protocol; Chestnut Survival Through Hybridization: Historical Journey; American Chestnut: The Lost Giant of Eastern Forests; Best Tree-Form Serviceberry: 'Princess Diana' or 'Autumn Brilliance'; American Holly Losing Leaves in Spring? It's Normal—They're Semi-Evergreen; Identifying Heirloom Tomato Varieties; Seedless Raspberry: Myth or Marketing?; Growing American Lotus from Seed in a Tub; American Persimmon: Native Fruit Tree Identification and Care; American Euonymus (Hearts-a-Busting): Identification and Wildlife Value

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