Welcome to the web site of the Meadowview Research Farms of The American Chestnut Foundation

The site contains four pages of interest:

1) A list of files on topics such as planting, identifying and pollinating chestnut trees. Be sure to check out the sub-directory containing reprints;

2) A slide show of pictures illustrating the developmental stages of chestnut flowers pertinent to controlled pollination;

3) Poster jpegs & pdfs;

4) Ten PowerPoint Presentations, including .ppt source files in directories:

• Bud break in chestnut;
• An overview of TACF science for non biologists;
• TACF science for biologists;
• Basic genetics behind our breeding program;
• Chestnut restoration on strip mined land;
• Presentation to Virginia Chapter of TACF in January, 2009;
• Presentation to Massachusetts Chapter of TACF in November, 2011;
• Presentation to Early Blight-Resistance Screening Workshop of the Forest Health Initiative in May, 2010;
• An analysis of data on resistance to Phytopthora root rot;
• Some morphological differences between chinkapin and American chestnut;

For further information on chestnut visit the main web site of The American Chestnut Foundation.