Chestnut cultivars

a mix of chestnuts from 3 different trees

While our website only offers the best of open pollenated cultivars for the midwest, making a decision about which trees to get can still be difficult. Your best option is to buy some of each, 3 different named cultivars is a good place to start because some trees may do better than others in your soil + climate context than others. Additionally, you will need multiple trees for pollination. For a more in depth description of cultivars, I suggest the University of Missouri resources on Chinese chestnuts.

https://centerforagroforestry.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Descriptions_of_Chestnut_Cultivars_for_Nut_Production-2021.pdf

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