| American Chestnuts make a male and female flower. They are not self fertile. Two mature chestnut trees are required to make nuts. |
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| American Chestnuts make a male and female flower. They are not self fertile. Two mature chestnut trees are required to make nuts. |
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Controlled cross-pollinating to make second generation all-American intercrosses on 3-year-old Miles and Ruth grafts: volunteers put Ruth pollen on Miles flowers and Miles pollen on Ruth flowers. |
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| Bags keep stray pollen away from the Miles and Ruth flowers. This all-American intercross has the best chance, at present, of producing chestnuts that breed true for blight resistance. We plant these for testing. |
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| Meanwhile, this same cross, as well as other interesting combinations, may turn up at random among the open pollinated seednuts we distribute to our growers. |
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Since 1985 our cooperators have planted 80,545 seedlings and 34,563 seednuts.
To join our efforts contact us at accf@direcway.com or Lucille@accf-online.org
