American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree.(Books:...

Science News;  November 3, 2007 ;     162 words ......The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree SUSAN FREINKEL From Georgia to Maine, the American chestnut tree once reigned as a symbol of the...connection between rural people and the chestnut tree, which thrives mainly in the countryside...

"Under the spreading chestnut tree"

The New York Public Library Book of Popular Americana;      16 words ...00-00-0000 Under the spreading chestnut tree Under the spreading chestnut tree See VILLAGE BLACKSMITH, THE

Do you have a grand and stately tree? ; Dayton Holiday Festival searching...

Dayton Daily News;  October 16, 2008 ;     159 words ......Holiday Festival is searching for the perfect tree to stand tall on Courthouse Square this...Grande Illumination ceremony Nov. 28. The perfect tree will meet the following guidelines...side yard. If you believe you have the perfect tree, you can nominate it by calling Becky...

Pining for the perfect tree

Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  December 12, 2002 ;     588 words ......The problem is, it's hard to find the perfect tree when there's so many versions of perfection...after all these years of pining for the perfect tree, if you put enough lights, garland and...planning a wedding. And we trimmed the perfect tree. Only, suddenly, it wasn't so perfect...

Her perfect tree of memories

Sunday News Lancaster, PA;  December 11, 2005 ;     306 words ......lights. "This year", I think to myself, "I'll create my own perfect tree." So I haul out the shoeboxes and shirtboxes and snarls of...my Christmas tree is a collection of memories. It's the perfect tree. Lisa Singleton Vooght lives in Lititz. She also wrote...

Chestnut tree revival.(Local)(Editorial)

The Virginian Pilot;  May 29, 2006 ;     232 words ......no more conjure up a spreading chestnut tree than a village smithy. In the...strength and iron faith, the chestnut tree under which he stood symbolized...children can stand under a spreading chestnut tree and absorb its grandeur.

EDITORIAL: Chestnut tree revival.(Editorial)

Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA);  May 29, 2006 ;     276 words ......could no more conjure up a spreading chestnut tree than a village smithy. In the mid-19th...brawny strength and iron faith, the chestnut tree under which he stood symbolized permanence...children can stand under a spreading chestnut tree and absorb its grandeur. Copyright...

Assembling perfect tree

Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  December 25, 2002 ;     113 words ......state to cut a noble fir. The sledding and a yearly snow picnic were so much fun. Every year he would cut two trees, as the perfect tree is not to be found in the mountains. He would then use a drill on the best of the two, cut branches off one, and then place...

Fourth-graders will plant chestnut tree on Friday

Portland Press Herald (Maine);  May 18, 2005 ;     141 words ......05-18-2005 Fourth-graders will plant chestnut tree on Friday Byline: From staff reports...Elementary School are scheduled to plant a chestnut tree at 9:30 a.m. Friday in recognition...which begins, "Under a spreading chestnut tree, the village smithy stands . . ." This...

American Phytopathological Society: Scientists Fight to Bring the American...

PR Newswire;  December 5, 2000 ;     458 words ......shoots that have sprouted from old chestnut tree stumps. The fungus does not attack...shrub-like versions of the original chestnut tree to continue to survive. Scientists...that they can restore the once beloved chestnut tree to at least some of its original grandeur...

From our contributors.(American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of...

OnEarth;  January 1, 2008 ;     162 words ......those trees dying. I thought the whole world was going to die.' [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SUSAN FREINKEL's book American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree was published in November 2007 by the University of California Press.

A&T RESEARCHER SEEKS TO REVIVE CHESTNUT TREE.(PEOPLE & PLACES)

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  August 21, 1996 ;     344 words ......scientists researching ways to return the chestnut tree to the grandeur that it once held. The American chestnut tree is particularly interesting due to...it encountered. By 1950, American chestnut tree shade essentially disappeared from...

Perfect Tree.(Poem)

TriQuarterly;  October 1, 2002 ;     328 words ...Perfect Tree March 6, 2000 All your smallest branches were laced with frost, in the moonlight, spun, an intricate net, strong enough to catch...

Test: Enjoy the bistro's buzz with a country flavour; Patricia Hughes at...

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......So, whenI rang the Talardy Hotel's Chestnut Tree restaurant in St Asaph last Friday...lap up the buzzing atmosphere. The Chestnut Tree seems to be following the current trend...with modern blue and white tiles. The Chestnut Tree is ideal for a group of friends wanting...

The kindest cut of all ; A 60ft DISEASED chestnut tree next to a busy...

Herald Express (Torquay UK);  January 25, 2008 ;     86 words ...A 60ft DISEASED chestnut tree next to a busy Paignton Road was felled on Tuesday. Clear View...They left the tree pollarded to a height of about 12 feet. The chestnut tree suffered a fungal disease and had developed cavities in parts...