Chestnuts
Chestnut (Castenea spp.) Large spreading majestic trees are beautiful in the landscape and productive of sweet meaty nuts. Hardy, long lived, and drought tolerant, Chestnuts have been grown and harvested for centuries by many peoples and cultures. The nuts are roasted as a gourmet treat, added to stuffing, ground and baked into breads, and used as animal feed. A mature tree can produce up to 200 pounds of nuts! Trees bloom late and are reliable producers of nuts that are held in a spiny husk protecting them from squirrels. When ripe they drop to ground, often falling free of the husks. They grow well in most soil types as long as well drained. Some varieties are pollen sterile and need a pollinator. Zones 5-9.
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Chestnuts
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Chestnut (Castenea spp.)
Large spreading majestic trees are beautiful in the landscape and productive of sweet meaty nuts. Hardy, long lived, and drought tolerant, Chestnuts have been grown and harvested for centuries by many peoples and cultures. The nuts are roasted as a gourmet treat, added to stuffing, ground and baked into breads, and used as animal feed. A mature tree can produce up to 200 pounds of nuts! Trees bloom late and are reliable producers of nuts that are held in a spiny husk protecting them from squirrels. When ripe they drop to ground, often falling free of the husks. They grow well in most soil types as long as well drained. Some varieties are pollen sterile and need a pollinator. Zones 5-9.
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Chinese Chestnut (Castenea mollissima) These seedling trees are productive of medium-large size good quality nuts. Native to China and Korea they typically grow about 30 to 50 feet tall with a spre...
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Colossal Chestnut (Castanea sp.) is thought to be a hybrid of Asian and European chestnuts. High quality medium to large size nuts fall easily from hull, are easy to peel. Large, long-lived, spread...
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American Chestnut (Castenea dentata) The largest and most noble of all the chestnut species, American Chestnut was originally native from Maine to Mississippi and from the Atlantic coast through th...
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Bergantz Chestnut (Castenea sativa) Beautiful large flavorful nuts peel easily and have excellent flavor. A Japanese chestnut (C. crenata) hybrid named by Michael Nave.
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Colossal Chestnut (Castanea sp.) is thought to be a hybrid of Asian and European chestnuts. High quality medium to large size nuts fall easily from hull, are easy to peel. Large, long-lived, spread...
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European Chestnut (Castanea sativa) From mature groves planted by early homesteaders here in our hometown of Orleans. Very productive of medium size nuts that have an excellent sweet flavor. Makes ...
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Chestnut tree propagated from a chestnut harvested our chestnut trees, sprouted, and grown for a year to make a seedling chestnut tree with some of the genetic traits of the European mother chestn...
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Gillet Chestnut (Castanea sp.) Very large (12 to the pound), excellent flavored nuts peel very easily. A C. crenata hybrid named after the famed fruit and nut breeder Felix Gillet, who pioneered th...
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Marrisard Chestnut (Castanea crenatata x C. sativum)
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Marsol Chestnut (Castanea sp.) Very large (average 26 grams) attractive reddish colored nuts have good flavor and peel well. An open pollinated sativa X crenata cross from France it ripens in late ...
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Nevada Chestnut (Castanea sp.) Small tree produces a heavy crop of very sweet and delicious medium sized nuts that ripen three weeks after Colossal. Self-fertile and an excellent pollinator for Col...
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Pandora Chestnut (Castanea sp.) A complex cross of different chestnut species bred by chestnut expert Michael Nave. Pandora has excellent flavored medium size nuts that are easy to peel.
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Precoce Migoule Hybrid Chestnut (Castanea sativa x crenata) A super early ripening sativa X crenata hybrid from France that has large nuts with an excellent flavor. Great for northern climates wher...
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Skookum Chestnut (Castanea sp.) Vigorous tall growing tree produces medium-large nuts of exceptionally fine flavor. Good timber form, makes an impressive specimen. Pollen sterile, use Nevada as po...
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Szego Chestnut (Castanea sp.) Very large easy to peel nut has great flavor and texture making it excellent for fresh eating. A complex cross of Japanese, Chinese and European chestnuts, Szego ripe...
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Torakuri Chestnut (Castanea sp.) A seedling of Collosal that has extra large beautiful nuts, around 15 to the pound. Very easy to peel with an excellent flavor. Ripens mid to late season.
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This tree produces a nut of medium sweetness with excellent flavor. It’s a very dependable producer in cooler summer climates and is very productive of medium large nuts.
The nuts are well formed w...
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