Let’s save the American chestnut tree. John Rigolizzo, Jr. is a fifth-generation farmer, previously raising fresh vegetables and field corn in southern New Jersey. The family farm now produces ...
Aug 17, 2024 Aug 17, 2024 Updated Aug 18, 2024 The American chestnut tree was one of the most populous and mighty trees in eastern North America before a blight over the past century brought it to ...
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Blight traveled out in circles from the Bronx, with airborne spores affecting chestnut trees elsewhere in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. In 1909, the Buffalo Courier reported that 10,000 ...