American chestnuts are part of Yuletide lore. But in the US, they’ve nearly been wiped out
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.
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