You can learn more about this project by reading the article titled "A 100th Anniversary Marks the Start of a New Conservatory for
Eastern Agroforestry Species" in the Northern Nut Growers Association's "The Nutshell" publication, Issue 75.2, Summer 2021, pages 6-8: ...more ↓
You can learn more about this project by reading the article titled "A 100th Anniversary Marks the Start of a New Conservatory for
Eastern Agroforestry Species" in the Northern Nut Growers Association's "The Nutshell" publication, Issue 75.2, Summer 2021, pages 6-8: https://nutgrowing.org/~nutggorg/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Summer2021NutshellPrint.pdf
An excerpt from that article:
"In October of 2021 we will plant 50 assorted grafted trees from Hershey Nursery stock, starting with nuts, honey locust, persimmon and mulberry. Plans for 2022 include a windbreak of hazelnuts and additional varieties of nuts and persimmon. As we expand, other growers will also be invited to place specimens of interest
in the park. In this way northern nut and fruit trees that may have been lost forever will be saved and made available for future propagation."
This iNaturalist "traditional project" is a public curation of this new and expanding agroforestry arboretum. Curated observations of agroforestry cultivars in this conservancy will be added to this project and tracked with field markings and hard-copy records. Details about trees can be added to these records, and visits to the trees over time can be documented through comments. Coordinates from observations in this project will be used with QGIS to prepare maps of specimens planted each season.
For step-by-step instructions on adding trees to this project, visit the public document "How to add trees to iNaturalist digital records for the Eastern Agroforestry Conservancy" at https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1j_c82z9KwPAQd5KOMZOwIe18FZ2I3W0Dr6weO6nRWpw/edit?usp=sharing
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