Chestnuts in a strong wind

uploaded by daveemerson September 30, 2008 at 04:01 pm
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American Chestnut is a rare species since the blight hit in the early 20th century.

This picture was taken during the strong winds generated by Tropical Storm Ike- 1000 miles from the Gulf!

No damage to my trees, but there were a lot of trees down in Indiana. Some people are stow without power after 5 days.

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Title: Chestnuts in a strong wind
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Created: Tue, 09/30/2008 - 4:01pm
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daveemerson

This is the first year my trees have borne fruit. There they are- by the hundreds.

A recent windstorm, spawned by hurricane Ike, knocked down a rather large number of trees in our area. The weight of the nuts made me think my American Chestnuts would have a hard go of it in the windstorm. Though they were severely stressed, they came through unscathed.

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