At the Kingman Research Farm just outside of the University of New Hampshire campus, there’s an orchard of chestnut trees, growing under the watchful eyes of researchers. The American chestnut was a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chestnuts, once a staple in the American kitchen, especially among indigenous people, have all but disappeared. Yet, there are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s an old holiday tradition in the U.S. that's become increasingly harder to celebrate: fire-roasted chestnuts. Thanks to an ...

After the species was devastated by an Asian blight in the early 20th century, a single American chestnut tree in Centreville has been deemed a “precious resource” by the Delaware Nature Society. Jim ...

We visit an orchard where researchers are breeding Chestnut trees they hope will one day fight off a fungus that's been killing the iconic American tree for more than a century. And now a checkup of ...

Although many Americans still associate the winter holidays with chestnuts, the tree that once produced them — the American chestnut — no longer does so, except in a few rare cases. During the first ...

On September 22, 1870, Henry Ward Beecher — a clergyman and social reformer as well as the brother of Uncle Tom’s Cabin author Harriet Beecher Stowe — took to the Pittsfield Sun newspaper to write of ...

Gold Shaw Farm highlights the remarkable development of chestnut trees and their long-term value to a diverse farm ecosystem.

CENTREVILLE, Del. (AP) — After the species was devastated by an Asian blight in the early 20th century, a single American chestnut tree in Centreville has been deemed a “precious resource” by the ...

JENNINGS COUNTY, Ind. — One southern Indiana family truly has one of the largest trees in the nation. Richard and Kris Schepman’s family farm, located outside of Crothersville, is home to a swamp ...