A vendor displays chestnuts in New York. — Photos: ALYSSA GOODMAN/AP
It's been a very long time since vendors sold the American chestnut on city sidewalks. It’s no longer the variety whose smell some people associate with Christmastime as it wafts from street carts. Because it’s virtually extinct.
But memories of the American chestnut’s legacy keep resurfacing for the researchers who want to bring it back.
