Castanea, Castanopsis, Chestnuts and Chestnut Trees
J. Hill Craddock's Chestnut Links
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Menu (Index to this page)

• About Chestnuts in General (the genus Castanea)
• Chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica)
• American Chestnut (Castanea dentata)
• European Chestnuts (Castanea sativa)
• Chinese Chestnuts (Castanea mollissima)
• Japanese Chestnuts (Castanea crenata)
• Chestnuts in the Southern Hemisphere
• Chinkapins and other chestnut species (Castanea pumila, etc.)
• Chestnut Recipes
• Sources for Chestnuts and Chestnut Products
• Chestnut Art
• Chestnut People

Boletus hortonii, an ectomycorrhizal fungus,
probably symbiotic with American chestnut.
Click on the mushrooms for more about mycorrhizae.

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About Chestnuts in General

· Chestnut Beer from Corsica (REALLY!)

· Chestnut Species Identification

· Chestnut Fact Sheets from the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

· Northern Nut Growers Association

· Requirements for a Chestnut Industry by R.L.Stebbins

· The Great Lakes Chestnut Alliance

· Western Chestnut Growers' Association

· ChestnutsOnLine.com...Growers Corner

· Castanea: Chestnut, at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden

· Castanea ungeri, a fossil species from Atanikerdluk, Greenland

· History of www.chestnutranch.com

· Chestnut Resources in North America

· Progetti per la valorizzazione della castagna

· Chestnut pollen imges (allegen info)

· Midwest Nut Producers Council (Growing Chestnuts)

· Chestnut Orchards in Canada

· Chestnut Cultivar Names (Registry)

· Chestnuts - Castanea spp.

· The Chestnut Forum

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Chestnut Blight

· Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for May 1998 (Cryphonectria parasitica, the cause of Chestnut Blight).

· Chancro del castaño producido por Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) Barr. (Herbario Virtual de Enfermedades Forestales by Carlos Colinas)

· BIOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENT OF CHESTNUT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE CHESTNUT BLIGHT FUNGUS (WV University)

· THREE AMERICAN TRAGEDIES: CHESTNUT BLIGHT, BUTTERNUT CANKER, AND DUTCH ELM DISEASE (U. Tennessee)

· Revitalization of the Majestic Chestnut: Chestnut Blight Disease

· CHESTNUT BLIGHT, caused by Endothia parasitica.  U.S. Forest Service

· Chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), The Cause of the Problem (U. of Guelph, Canada)

· Diversity of Vegetative Compatibility Groups in the fungus causing Chestnut Blight, Cryphonectria parasitica

· Biological Approaches to Chestnut Blight Control  by William L. MacDonald

· Family Hypoviridae

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American Chestnuts

A fallen giant Castanea dentata in Warren County, Tennessee

· The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF)

· American Chestnut Cooperators Foundation - (ACCF)

· Tennessee American Chestnut "Mother Tree" Inventory

· Joe Schibig's Tennessee Chestnut Webpage

· American Chestnut Restoration at Lula Lake

· USDA Project NE-140 (Project Summary)

· Castanea Breeders Corner

· A Tennessee Chapter for TACF

· Ed Greenwell's Tennessee Chestnut Webpage

· Resurrection of the American Chestnut by Joe Schibig

· California Friends of the American Chestnut

· American chestnut spreads new roots (ENN News Story)

· USDA Project NE-140

· Endowment Supports Chestnut Research (Penn State)

· New Hope for the American Chestnut by Bruce Carley

· American Chestnut -  by  NCNatural

· American Chestnut Research in Beltsville

· Darren's New Genetically Engineered Resistant American Chestnut Newsletter

· Castanea dentata:  Dendrology

· American Chestnut on University of Kentucky Treeweb

· PA DCNR - Forestry - Common Trees - American Chestnut - description

· Chestnuts and Chestnut Trees (FAQ)

· CHESTNUT on wsrv.clas.virginia.edu

· The Resource - November 1998

· The American chestnut at Bernheim forest

· Evaluating Transgenic American Chestnut

· Getting involved (Detroit Free Press)

· Where to find American chestnuts (Detroit Free Press)

· The quest for chestnuts (Detroit Free Press)

· Chestnut Blight  is Discovered in Minnesota

· The Great Lakes Chestnut Alliance

· Bringing Back the Chestnut Tree

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· Chestnut Poised for Revival, Thanks to Transgenic Work

· Forest Owner 5/96

· Recovery of the American Chestnut - Application Form

· PA DCNR - Forestry - Common Trees - American Chestnut

· Heritage Hearth: The American Chestnut: From Decimation to Recovery?

· American Chestnut Folk Art Collection index page

· American Chestnut, Purdue University Extension

· American chestnut, Castanea dentata, University of Kentucky Treeweb

· Castanea on www.botany.com

· Light Micrographs of Fagaceae Pollen

· Castanea on freespace.virgin.net

· Castanea dentata (Marshal) Borkh.

· American chestnut  Castanea dentata   Fagaceae

· Trees: Chestnut, (Castanea)

· PAG-VII: INTROGRESSING BLIGHT RESISTANCE INTO THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT (Castanea dentata)

· Badgersett Research Farm Homepage

· Florida Native Plants Whose Genus Name Begins with "C"

· American Chestnut (C. dentata)

· Mycorrhizas Webpage (Not specifically about chestnut, but very interesting)

· Mycorrhiza Information Exchange

· Index of www.nuttrees.net

· North American Fruit Explorers

· California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc.

· Tennessee River Gorge Trust Quarterly Newsletter - UTC Researchers Use the Gorge As Their Laboratory

· Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh.: Chestnut , at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden

· Three American Tragedies: Chestnut Blight, Butternut Canker, and Dutch Elm Disease. Article by Scott Schlarbaum et al.

· ChatTimes (newspaper) article about Chattanooga Chestnut Tree Project by Noble Sprayberry

· Chestnut Poised for Revival, Thanks to Transgenic Work . Article by Steve Bunk

· Saving the American Chestnut Through Genetic Engineering. Article by  C.A. Maynard

· Thoreau's "The Dispersion of Seeds"; Last of Three Sections

· Twolined Chestnut Borer Agrilus bilineatus (Forest Insect & Disease Leaflet 168, USDA Forest Service )

· Hope for Chestnut (Tennessee Alumnus, Fall 1998)

· American Chestnut Folklore

· Castanea photographs 1891-1936: Images from the University of Chicago Library

· American Chestnut Tree Restoration Project On Bridgestone/Firestone Centennial Wilderness

· Revitalization of the Majestic Chestnut: Chestnut Blight Disease

· American chestnut spreads new roots on www.cnn.com

· Finding Flowering American Chestnut Trees in Massachusetts by Winthrop Staples

· The American Chestnuts of Nova Scotia

· Chestnut Research in West Virginia

· Biological Improvement  of Chestnut (West Virginia)

· History of the American chestnut by arborguard.com

· Local coverage of TACF meeting in Meadowview by Marshall Tobelmann

· Amer. Chestnut Res. and Restoration Project at SUNY ESF, Syracuse, NY

· A mature chestnut tree that has survived the blight in central Virginia

· MANAGING TO CREATE THE ANCIENT FOREST CONFERENCE, ABSTRACTS

· Blue Ridge Community College Arboretum's American Chestnut Research Plot

· Castanea dentata: American Chestnut  from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources
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European Chestnuts

Collecting scionwood from 'Madonna di Canale' in Monteu Roero (Cuneo), Italy

· Foire de la châtaigne, Mourjou, France

· www.chestnuts.it

· L'associazione Produttori "MARRONI della VALLE SUSA"

· Dossier castagne dell'Arcobaleno

· Farina di castagne - Panigacci della Lunigiana

· Convegno Nazionale CASTAGNO 2001 MARRADI - FIRENZE 25 -27 Ottobre 2001 (www.unifi.it)

· Convegno Nazionale Castagno 2001 marradi - Firenze (www.zoomedia.it)

· Marrone.net - Progetti per la valorizzazione della castagna (Cuneo)

· Marrone di Castel del Rio

· Chataigne en Course (La Châtaigne - De l'Arbre à la Pulenta )

· PROGRAMMA 2001 Castagne e castagneti (Chestnut woods and Chestnuts Campground)

· Festa delle Castagne e del vino nuovo A PUEGNAGO del GARDA localita' RIELLO

· Measuring devices for chestnuts (Corsican)

· Chestnut tools, post harvest (traditional Corsican)

· Le Castagne di Roccadaspide

· Le Castagne di Invorio

· Le Castagne di Montella

· Sagra del Marrone, Villarfocchiardo

· Sagra del Marrone Antrodocano, Borgovelino

· Chataigne et chataignier en Cevennes:  Le Musee des vallees cevenoles

· Effect of clonally propagated interspecific hybrid chestnut rootstocks on short-term graft  compatibility with four cultivars of Italian "Marrone." Article by Craddock and Bassi

· ROOTSTOCK SELECTION ON CHESTNUT (Castanea sativa Mill.) IN THE MIDDLE OF BLACK SEA REGION IN TURKEY by Soylu and Serdar

· Sweet Chestnuts for Northern Climates by Lars Holmboe Westergaard

· Ægte kastanie til nordlige klimater ?  Af Lars Holmboe Westergaard

· Castanea germplasm in Europe

· List of accessions (Chestnut cultivars) at unifi.it

· Il Castagno in Sardegna

· The chestnut in Sardegna (Italiano)

· Le Castagne di Muraca

· Il Marrone del Mugello

· Il Castagno - The Chestnut

· La Gastronomia e i Marroni

· Castagno: la pianta ed i frutti

· Chestnut "Events" (updated September 2001)

· Vivere nel Castagneto

· Chestnut: Art, Nature and Internet

· Consorzio Castagne Calabresihttp://www.abramo.it/service/com_montane/comrev/consorziocastagnecalabresi.htm

· Castanea sativa (Italiano)

· Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa) in Spanish

· Castanea sativa page by Guy De Kinder

· Tamme Kastanje (Holland)

· Castagno, Parco della Burcina, Piemonte (Italy)

· Photo of chestnut plank from Euronature.com

· Photo of chestnut veneer from Freemancorp.com

· Description of C. sativa from Floridata.com

· Description of C. sativa by UBC (Canada)

· Description of C. sativa in Catalan (Spain)

· Description of C. sativa in Spanish (Spain)

· Photo of C. sativa by Thomas Stützel, Spezielle Botanik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany)

· Photos of C. sativa in Sardegna by  Paolo Sanna (Italy)

· La "Castanea sativa" nelle Tre Pievi by Annamaria Comalini Fumigalli (Italy)

· Castanea sativa illustration from the Liber Herbarium II (Denmark)

· The Chestnut in Northern Ireland (UK)

· Gene Flow And Divergence In Chestnut (Castanea Sativa Mill.) From Turkey: Evidence Of A Hybrid Zone

· Gene Flow And Divergence In Chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) From Turkey: Evidence Of A Hybrid Zone

· FLUX GENIQUE ET DIVERGENCE CHEZ LE CHATAIGNER ( CASTANEA SATIVA MILL.)
ORIGINAIRE DE TURQUIE: EVIDENCE DE L'EXISTENCE D'UNE ZONE D' HYBRIDATION

·  FLUJO DE GENES Y DIVERGENCIA EN EL CASTAÑO (CASTANEA SATIVA MILL.) DE
TURQUIA: PRUEBAS DE LA EXISTENCIA DE UNA ZONA HIBRIDA

· Photo of Chestnut Pollard

· Closeups (very close) of C. sativa leaf hairs from BioImages (UK)

· Article from Waste Magazine (Spanish)

· Photo and article by Carlos Pinheiro (Trás-os-Montes, Portugal)

· Good photos and article on chestnut from The Royal Forestry Society (UK)

· Castanea sativa and Pseudotsuga menziesii Mixed Stand in Northern Portugal

· Poster 50: Eleven Years Results in a Castanea sativa and Pseudotsuga menziesii Mixed Stand in Northern Portugal

· Chestnut breeding in Portugal, NFRS

· Photo of C. sativa by Dr. Edward F. Gilman on Hortpix.com

· Swiss chestnut blight work, U. Heiniger (WSL/FNP)

· Cryphonectria parasitica in European chestnut forests in the presence of natural hypovirulence.

· WSL/FNP Birmensdorf: Berichte WSL, No. 327-341

· Dissertations (microfilms) - USC, Spain

· Bookbinding with Chestnut

· Castanea sativa MILL. - Szel’dgesztenye (Hungarian)

· soorten van het geslacht Castanea (Netherlands)

· International Symposium on Castanea sativa

· Chestnut Pollen, Allergies and Plant disease

· Castanea sativa on www.gardeninfo.com

· Castanea sativa on www.science.ubc.ca

· La Casa di Caccia - Chestnuts

· AUSTRIA - Spotlight - Project 20

· La Chataigne - Fete des Marron a Redon (French)

· Chestnut wood, characteristics and identification (French)

· Museo del Castagno, Val di Roggio (Lucca)

· Museo del Castagno (English Pages)

· Botanical description of European chestnut by Ferrini and Nicese (Italian)

· Il Castagno dei Cento Cavalli, Sant'Alfio, Sicily (Lots of pictures)

· Il Castagno dei Cento Cavalli (Article in English from the Economist)

· Chestnut homepage of the Comunità Montana “Appennino Modena Est” (Very well done)

· Swiss chestnut work from Sottostazione Sud delle Alpi  (In Italian, many photos)

· Insieme per i boschi di castagno (Swiss, in Italian)

· Castagno page from the Parco della Burcina  (Piemonte, Italy)

· Agriturismo - Il Castagno @griturismo.com

· Il secchereccio per le castagne (Photo of a chestnut dryer)

· Chestnut pages from the Istituto per la Patologia degli Alberi Forestali (Firenze, Italy)

· Dossier Castagne - Cucina di Arcobaleno

· Chestnut wood - Bois commerciaux  by H. G. Richter and M. J. Dallwitz

· Chestnut wood - Cmmercial Timbers by H. G. Richter and M. J. Dallwitz

· El chancro del castañ http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5348S/x5348s01.htmo en Asia y América del Norte Por G. FLIPPO GRAVATT

· Castanea sativa seedlings were inoculated with mycelial cultures of Amanita  Boletus

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Chinese Chestnuts

· Chinese Chestnut Bibliography (Australian New Crops)

· Chestnuts in Canada

· Chestnuts in Ohio

· Castanea mollissima, UC Davis

· Castanea mollissima, U.Del.

· Castanea mollissima--Chinese Chestnut

· Introduction into Italy of C. mollissima cultivars

· Key to Castanea species (American vs. Chinese) from the Ohio State University

· Chinese chestnut page from the Ohio Public Library

· http://www.msue.msu.edu/imp/mod03/01700182.htmlut --Michigan State University Extension

· Chinese chestnut, Castanea millissima, Fagaceae (Auburn University Dendrology)

· Castanea mollissima fact sheet (Virginia Tech)

· C. mollissima photos from www.hort.net

· Castanea mollissima data from uconn.edu

· C. mollissima info from ArborQuest.com

· C. mollissima profile from www.nobleplants.com
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Japanese Chestnuts

· The use of Torymus sinensis to control chestnut gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus

· Castanea crenata, Nomura (index?)

· Castanea crenata, Nomura (3)

· Castanea crenata, Nomura (8)

· Tsukuba Botanical Garden, photo of C. crenata

· Tsukuba Botanical Garden, photo of Castanopsis cuspidata

· Sweet Chestnut Tree

· Japanese chestnut - Kuritama, Japan

· www.chestnut.or.kr/korea

· Korean chestnuts

· Ectomycorrhizae on Japanese chestnut
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The Southern Hemisphere

· Chestnut production in Australia

· Chestnut production in New Zealand

· New Zealand Chestnut Council

· New Zealand Chestnut Fact Sheets

· Chestnut Production in Tasmania

· Mountain View Chestnuts, Australia
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Chinkapins

· Chinkapin: Potential New Crop for the South

· Chinkapin photos from www.wegrowit.com

· http://www.fw.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/cpumila.htm

· http://www.hillier.hants.gov.uk/gallery/castanea.html

· Castanea pumila var. Ozarkensis

· Photo of C. pumila in bloom

· Photo of C. pumila by Dr. Edward F. Gilman on Hortpix.com

· GardenBed.com: Castanea henryi

· Golden Chinkapin ( Castanopsis ) from the US Forest Service Database

· Castanopsis photos from University of Chicago Library

· Castanea ungeri, a fossil species from Atanikerdluk, Greenland

· "Nanatate" LEGEND of SHIMANT-AMAGURI CHESTNUTS

· Photo of C. pumila in a wildlife planting, Warren County, Tennessee

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Chestnut Recipes

· Recipes from Empire Chestnut Company

· Roasted Chestnuts: a rare treat, and versatile too.

· Marrone e castagne: la gastronomia

· Tartufi di Castagne

· An All-Chestnut Menu

· Involtini con Castagne

· Panigacci della Luigiana (con Farina di Castagne)

· Ricette con le castagne

· Autumn Chestnut Cake

· Chestnut Pastry

· Chestnut Flour

· Recipes for Chestnut Flour

· Recipes for Chestnuts (Nomura)

· Scones

· Greek Rice

· Captain Pugwash Pungent Chestnut Bread Recipe

· The Chestnut Cookbook by Annie Bhagwandin (a really very good book!)

· To Roast a Chestnut

· Pastry Cream

· Chestnut Recipes from The Farm Store

· Chestnut & Apple Stuffing

· Mountain View Chestnut - Recepies

· La Chataigne - Fiche culinaire

· La Chataigne - Recettes

· Favorite Recipes from ChestnutsOnLine.com

· recipes from panix.com
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Sources for Chestnuts and Chestnut Tees

· Click here to see the Chestnut Products List

· Click here to see the Chestnut Nursery List

· Click here for American chestnut wood and chestnut lumber
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Chestnut Art

· Pissarro, Camille: Les chataigniers a Osny

· Paul Cezanne: Chestnut Trees And Farm At Jas De Bouffan\

· Alfred Sisley: Avenue of Chestnut Trees

· John `Warwick' Smith:  Chestnut Trees, Morning. Frascati
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Chestnut People

· Click here for some snapshots of Chestnut People I know
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