Description: There is something nice and special about the people who love plants .*.*. Welcome to My Beautiful World of Gardening! . *.*. My garden is 100% organic. I do not use any chemicals You will receive: One young tree - Dunstan chestnut seedling It is 8-18" tall This small tree has nice root system. Will be shipped in a small pot. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dunstan Chestnut trees grow successfully from Maine and New York, west to Illinois and Wisconsin and south to east Texas and Florida.USDA Hardiness Zones: 5-9 Wonderful disease-resistant plant. Great investment. Expensive nuts, expensive lumber. Attracts wildlife. Deer love the nuts.For pollination, plant two or more trees approximately 20-50 ft from each other. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* My trees are tall and upright. * They are sturdy: they survived frost and droughts well* Glossy leaf also look like a Chinese Chestnut * Each of these trees produces a very large amount of great-tasting nuts every year!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Additional information:Dr. Robert T. Dunstan was born in Windsor, NC in 1901. He went to college at Trinity College (now Duke University). Bob Dunstan became interested in the plants and soon began experimenting with growing grapes. Dr. Robert T. Dunstan was born in Windsor, NC in 1901. He went to college at Trinity College (now Duke University). Bob Dunstan became interested in the plants and soon began experimenting with growing grapes. He was crossing European grapes with disease-resistant American Muscadine grapes. Because the two species have different numbers of chromosomes, all of his efforts in breeding failed; the hybrids were sterile. However, by chance, Dunstan tried doubling the number of chromosomes using the mutagenic chemical Colchicine. The use of the tetraploid vines enabled the hybrids to become fertile and produce seed! He sent plants to geneticist, Dr. Haig Dermen, at the USDA Station at Beltsville. Dermen confirmed the hybridity and Dunstan published a ground-breaking article in the Journal of Heredity describing his work.Dunstan Chestnuts are named after Bob Dunstan. The Dunstan Chestnuts are the first chestnuts to ever receive U.S. Plant Patents. These are hybrids of American and Chinese chestnuts. They are healthy, vigorous, and bear heavily every year.These hybrids produce heavy yearly crops of very large and sweet-tasting nuts. The nuts are large. They average 15-35 nuts per 1 lb, as compared to Chinese nuts (35-100/lb) and American nuts (75-150/lb). They are much better tasting than imported European nuts and are never bland or bitter. The nuts peel easily, unlike imports, that have clinging and ingrown seed coats. The nuts ripen in September and October and most fall free from the burrs for easy harvesting. Dunstan Chestnuts can produce nuts in just 3-5 years after planting.There has not been a single reported instance of Dunstan Chestnuts dying of blight infection in over 30 years. This includes research and breeding programs as well as the many other locations where the Dunstan Chestnuts have been grown throughout the nation. Plant Kindness
Price: 21.99 USD
Location: King George, Virginia
End Time: 2024-09-10T12:30:48.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: Unbranded
Type: Tree Seeds
