T he pathogen that killed off the American chestnut arrived before 1900, carried on Japanese chestnut saplings imported for sale. The blight spread inexorably through America’s eastern forests ...

Scientists, at the time, concluded that the blight had come to the U.S. in the late 1800s from imports of Japanese chestnut trees used for food and ornamental purposes. Japanese and Chinese ...

Japanese chestnuts are known for their hearty texture, subtle sweetness, and size! Ones from Obuse are especially large. Experience a harvest there and feast your eyes on traditional "chestnut rice." ...

Manager Hans Johsens said the Santa Cruz Mountains provide ideal growing conditions for American-hybrid and Japanese chestnut trees — the coastal fog and rain help sustain the trees, the air ...

Japanese beetles are drawn to the trees, which originated in Asia, as well. The very first chestnut trees were often referred ...