They are trying to say it was ghosts and vampires. Likely just forum sliding.
There is a tree blight that nearly wiped them out, the remaining ones rarely reach maturity enough to produce nuts before the blight kills them.
Apparently modern chestnuts you can buy at the store are little to anything like the ones people loved in the past, which was slightly sweet, and that's why it was so popular around Christmas as a roasted treat. TMYK
They are trying to say it was ghosts and vampires. Likely just forum sliding.
There is a tree blight that nearly wiped them out, the remaining ones rarely reach maturity enough to produce nuts before the blight kills them.
Apparently modern chestnuts you can buy at the store are little to anything like the ones people loved in the past, which was slightly sweet, and that's why it was so popular around Christmas as a roasted treat. TMYK
From what I've read, the American Chestnut Trees were a national treasure. Sad to see a natural, wild, perennial food vanish.