Forest Research draws up canker plan

Forest Research is to develop guidance on managing and drawing up controlling strategies for the bleeding canker tree blight, reports Horticulture Week.
“This disease has rapidly become widespread throughout Britain over the past five years,” said a representative for the research arm of the Forestry Commission.
Bleeding canker of horse chestnut was caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas [...]

Twiglet: Anne Frank’s tree branches out in the US

Saplings from the horse chestnut tree Anne Frank used to measure the seasons while hiding from the Nazis could be planted in 10 cities around the United States, the New York Times reports.

The Anne Frank Center USA wants to plant the trees in 10 US cities to symbolise the growth of tolerance. The three-foot (90cm) [...]

Twiglet: Horse chestnut

A native of Asia, probably northern India.
It was introduced to Europe in the mid-16th Century.
Records from Vienna refer to a horse chestnut in the 1570s, which was noted as originating from the first tree to be grown in Europe – a tree in London, which is understood to have been planted in 1550.
Its common name [...]

Firm to trial bleeding canker ‘cure’

Arboriculture specialists may have found a cure for bleeding canker in horse chestnut trees, Horticulture Week reports.
It says arboculturalist consultancy Jonathan Cocking Associates (JCA) will trial a newly patented product with English Heritage.
JCA managing director Jonathan Cocking said he was trademarking the product, which kills canker bacterium in trees’ vascular systems.
Plugs of bark are removed [...]

World Conker Championship ‘in doubt’

Bleeding cankers and leaf miner moths are threatening this year’s World Conker Championship, say organisers.