ENTS, To add, On the picture with the chestnuts on the table the left ones are Chinese and the smaller ones on the right are the ones from the Dillingham ( American? ) tree. Google omitted part of the pictures file name.
JP On Oct 19, 7:33 pm, James Parton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ENTS, > > Yesterday, Joy and I went back to the Big Ivy ( Coleman Boundary ) area to > check the chestnut trees at the Corner Rock picnic area ( Dillingham Rd ) for > viable chestnuts. As I have stated in past reports I am unsure of the > identity of these trees in whether they are pure American or an > American+Chinese hybrid. I found viable fully formed chestnuts on the ground. > They are small in size like the American tree and are sweeter in taste than > any Asian chestnut I have tried. They are the best chestnuts I have eaten > with the exception of the Chinquapin. Later in the evening I stopped by some > Chinese chestnuts that I knew of on Sugerloaf Rd ( Hendersonville ) and > collected some nuts for comparison. They are nearly three times bigger than > the Dillingham trees. The Dillingham trees have nuts larger than Chinquapins > but smaller than Asian chestnuts. This matches the American trees closely. If > these two trees are indeed hybrids their traits more closely match their > American relative. The only thing that leads me to thinking they are hybrids > are a slightly different shape to the leaf. Not dramatic. I thank Bob Anders > and Walt Christian for letting me know of these trees. > > After collecting nuts from the Corner Rock chestnuts we rode up to the > trailhead to Douglas Falls. Earlier in the year Will Blozan told me of a 60ft > tree he had seen in there that was right on the trail and I hoped to locate > it. We found it and one other decent sized one nearby. Will's tree was > measured using laser/clinometer to be 58.85 feet tall. The other one was a > respectable 41.16 feet tall. I found a couple of others that were around 20 > feet tall. I hope to do a more detailed exploration of the area in the future. > > By the way, the hemlocks seem even worse than they were back during the > summer. It does not look good for them. > > The fall colors are beautiful. > > > American Chestnut 41' 16Ft 1Ft 3In CBH > > American Chestnut 58' 85Ft 2ft 2In CBH > http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/north_carolina/bigivy/big... > > > James P. > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection > aroundhttp://mail.yahoo.com > > Dillingham_Leaves.JPG > 133KViewDownload > > Chinese > 107KViewDownload > > Joy_American > 165KViewDownload > > Typical > 112KViewDownload > > American > 83KViewDownload > > Dillingham > 125KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
