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Growing a TACF Backcross Orchard
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January 2005
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December 2005
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Cherokee Rock Village,
AL transplant
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Whiteside SC5 x
Open Pollinated
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E5 xGL367
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Blight in the Orchard
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RUT1 x CH526
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Tree Tubes
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"Kentucky"
  • Kentucky
  • Chapter seedling on Reclaimed Mine Site
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Keeping up with Pedigrees
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Fire Ants
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RUT1xCH526
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Orchard Records
  • Row
  • Distance down row
  • Pedigree
  • Planting Date
  • Height (inches)
  • Vigor Grade (A+ thru F)
  • Container, direct seed, or bare root
  • Damage, i.e., deer browse
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January thru May 2007 Planting
  • Planted 271 nuts by direct seed and only 76 survive (28% survival)
  • Planted 21 bare root trees and 13 survive (62% survival)
  • Planted 67 trees out of 3-gallon pots and 12 survive (18% survival)
  • TNMON4xNanking had highest direct seed survival (47%)
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TNMON6xIL432 (BC4)
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KYMET1xGL104 Bare Root
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December 2005 Planting
Different Story
  • Planted 112 trees total and 85 still survive (76%)
  • Of these 75 were F1’s and
  •    64 of these still survive (85%)
  • Twenty LIN1xVA307 (BC3)
  •    were planted and half of
  •    these survive
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Orchard Breakdown
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Freeze Damage Rating Scale
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Alabama Transplant
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Freeze Damage
  • L10xLindsrom67
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M12xO3
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Chinese, F1, BC3, BC4, and American Chestnut Response to April 2007 Freeze
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Irrigation
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