But there’s hope, and that’s where Holden Arboretum is playing an important role, whether it’s researching spread of the disease, experimenting with insecticides, or trying to clone trees that are ...
Canajoharie -- The big white Beech-Nut factory has dominated this little Mohawk River village since horse-and-buggy days, making chewing gum and baby food and employing generations who fondly recall ...
One of my favorite trees is the iconic American Beech (Fagus grandifolia). I love its smooth, light bluish gray bark — the silvery green leaf in spring that gradually changes to a dark green in summer ...
Two friends of mine, very different ages and backgrounds, have shared the same spring ritual with me. They eat the first beech leaves to unfold in spring. I had never actually noticed, until they ...