Leland,  I think most of the chestnut died of the blight or whatever before
I was born.  This fall some of us went to see a big ole chestnut tree off
on a back road that had bags tied on it over the nuts.  Some govt. agency
was gathering the nuts to plant as that tree was apparently immune to the
blight.

We don't have too many hickory or butternut either and they don't seem to
grow very large.  My uncle was always looking for yellow birch to make ox
yokes out of.  Ruth


At 9:33 AM -0500 12/30/07, Leland Torrence wrote:
>Ruth,
>And how about Chestnut, Hickory and my favorite, Butternut.  I read,
>somewhere, that in the sixteenth century and before that the hills were
>covered with them, 150 feet tall.  By the way, my brother and sister tell me
>there is actually winter up there this year.  My brother instructs at Smuggs
>and has already skied 22 days this year!
>Merry, merry...
>Leland
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