Fw: Fagus and American Beech Geoff's reply

Have you read "Seeds of the Woody Plants in the United States"  Forest
Service, USDA Ag Handbook  no. 450  1974:  pp401-405  'Fagus L , Beech'?
It is all in there.           Greetings    Geoff


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From: Geoff Stanford <gstanf@swbell.net>
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>From: glenda.george <glenda.george@MCI2000.com>
>To: seeds-list@eskimo.com <seeds-list@eskimo.com>
>Date: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 1:18 PM
>Subject: Re: Fagus and American Beech
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>>The Reference Manual of Woody Plant Propagation by Dirr and Heuser says
>>fresh seed needs to be planted as soon as available for American Beech.
>>Three months of cold stratification can be used.  It doesn't list Fagus
>>pendula but does list Fagus sylvatica (European Beech).  About that it
said
>>seed crops are variable from year to year.  Some authorities state 1 in 7
>>as an average for a good crop.  The fruit can be picked, dried and the
seed
>>shaken out.  The key is sound seed, which are plump with shiny brown
coats.
>> Fresh seed germinated 14% to 67% with 3 months cold.  Fresh and stored
>>seed germinated 100% after 5 months cold stratification.  Good luck.
>>Glenda
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>>> From: JErnst209@aol.com
>>> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>>> Subject: Re: Fagus and American Beech
>>> Date: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 8:55 AM
>>>
>>> Over the weekend, while visiting White Flower Farm in Litchfield, CT, I
>>> procurred some seeds of Fagus pendula and American Beech from their very
>>old
>>> and very large mature trees on site.
>>>
>>> Now that I have the seeds, what should I do?  I do not know of a
>>deciduous
>>> tree database, or propagation book.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Karen Ernst
>>> NARGS
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