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We did get quite a bit of Wormy Chestnut from it. I knew a few people in the mountains of NC whose families got quite rich off the stuff, actually. No, not the wood stained like it, but the real stuff. (By the time I saw it used in construction as a kid, it was some of the first generations of chestnut that was recycled from older houses. I didn’t see the stuff till the mid-80’s, so the wood was already well aged.)
People have probably found ways to artificially make it by now, but wood from the original trees that were killed was beautiful when used by a good architect and designer.
It’s not extinct and won’t go extinct. It doesn’t live in its natural range but there are wild stands outside which haven’t been exposed to chestnut blight, and there’s a genetically engineered variety which is resistant to the disease and which may be released into the wild soon.
I don’t know if the blight resistant ones are ready just yet. Last I knew, the results were promising but inconsistent.
They’re ready, just waiting on government approval
Thank goodness for that. I heard there is a French variety that comes to crop within about twelve years, that also has resistance to chestnut blight. I was pleased, very pleased.
Oh, my parents house still has chestnut trees that we get chestnuts from in like mid fall
