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Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree: A Presentation on the Past, Present and Future of Chestnut Trees
February 9, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Contact: Dan Tremblay 978-664-4942 / dtremblay@northreadingma.gov
On Thursday February 9, The Friends of the Flint Memorial Library and the North Reading Historical Society welcome Mark Meehl and David Lent for an exciting presentation on the Past, Present and Future of Chestnut Trees in America. Mr. Meehl and Mr. Lent are American chestnut tree enthusiasts and members of TACF’s MA/RI chapter.
Mark and Dave travel throughout the State of Massachusetts discovering new sites where remaining American chestnut trees are still growing and successfully reproducing. In 2015 and 2016 they pollenated several large surviving “mother trees” with hybrid pollen for new lines of blight resistance in Andover and Westborough, MA. They help plant and maintain several seed and breeding orchards. Each fall they harvest wild chestnuts for further breeding research projects, all aimed to restore the American chestnut tree to its former native range.
Please join us for this presentation as we learn more on this very interesting topic. Click here to register.
