The Barking Anatolian Army

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April/May 1994
 
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Labeled the Dunstan chestnut, the hybrid was initially developed by breeder Robert Dunstan in the 1950s by crossing a single blight-resistant chestnut growing in Ohio with a Chinese variety also naturally resistant. Dunstan's grandson, R. D. Wallace, has finished development by growing 100 acres of blight-free chestnuts in his tree nursery in Alachua, Florida. He reports that the new Dunstan trees produce sweet, flavorful nuts superior in taste and size to both foreign breeds and even their original American cousins.

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Before the blight, chestnuts were an important source of food for the early settlers, natives, and wildlife of North America. Now Americans consume less than one ounce of chestnuts per person annually. "One out of four trees in North America was an American chestnut before the fungus from Asia attacked their bark and branches in 1904, wiping out just about every chestnut tree by the early 1940s," Brinen said. "We lost about 3.5 billion trees during that time."

Active tree planters interested in information on the Dunstan chestnut can call R. D. Wallace at 1-800-669-2067.

- Jani Spede

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