Author: Pennsylvania. Chestnut tree blight commissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chestnut blight
Languages : en
Pages : 663
Book Description
The Publications of the Pennsylvania Chestnut Tree Blight Commission, 1911-1913
Author: Pennsylvania. Chestnut tree blight commissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chestnut blight
Languages : en
Pages : 663
Book Description
The Publications of the Pennsylvania Chestnut Tree Blight Commission, 1911-13
Author: Pennsylvania. Chestnut Tree Blight CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chestnut blight
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
The Publications of the Pennsylvania Chestnut Tree Blight Commission
Author: Publications of the Pennsylvania Chestnut Tree Blight Commission, 1911-1913
Author: The American Chestnut
Author: Donald Edward DavisPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820369500
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Before 1910 the American chestnut was one of the most common trees in the eastern United States. Although historical evidence suggests the natural distribution of the American chestnut extended across more than four hundred thousand square miles of territory—an area stretching from eastern Maine to southeast Louisiana—stands of the trees could also be found in parts of Wisconsin, Michigan, Washington State, and Oregon. An important natural resource, chestnut wood was preferred for woodworking, fencing, and building construction, as it was rot resistant and straight grained. The hearty and delicious nuts also fed wildlife, people, and livestock. Ironically, the tree that most piqued the emotions of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Americans has virtually disappeared from the eastern United States. After a blight fungus was introduced into the United States during the late nineteenth century, the American chestnut became functionally extinct. Although the virtual eradication of the species caused one of the greatest ecological catastrophes since the last ice age, considerable folklore about the American chestnut remains. Some of the tree’s history dates to the very founding of our country, making the story of the American chestnut an integral part of American cultural and environmental history. The American Chestnut tells the story of the American chestnut from Native American prehistory through the Civil War and the Great Depression. Davis documents the tree’s impact on nineteenth-and early twentieth-century American life, including the decorative and culinary arts. While he pays much attention to the importation of chestnut blight and the tree’s decline as a dominant species, the author also evaluates efforts to restore the American chestnut to its former place in the eastern deciduous forest, including modern attempts to genetically modify the species.
Monthly List of State Publications
Author: Library of Congress. Division of DocumentsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
A Bibliography of the State Official Publications of Conservation of Fish, Forest and Game
Author: Ethel Beryl KautzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : State government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Report of the State Librarian
Author: Pennsylvania State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Includes catalogs of accessions and special bibliographical supplements.
Bibliography of the Chestnut Tree Blight Fungus
Author: Rolla Kent BeattiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chestnut blight
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Monthly Check-list of State Publications
Author: Library of Congress. Division of DocumentsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : State government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description