Chestnut Sources
Here in Oregon it is possible to grow the European and
American chestnuts (no blight yet) and i've got a few
planted but there are safer choices.
Most chestnut trees are grafted and some catalogs do not mention
that grafting problems sometimes show up later. I've lost two
trees to late graft failure and none of the non-grafted chestnuts
(seedlings) have failed.
My current selections for hardiness and sustainability are:
1. Skioka (hybrid or selected chinese?)
2. Chinese
Here is a list of nurseries for Northwest America:
Blight resistant hybrid American Chinese European
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Burnt Ridge 11 1 1 1
Edible Forest 1
Bear Creek 8 1 1 1
Oregon Exotics 1 1
Raintree 3 1 1
One Green World 1 1
Burnt Ridge
http://www.carow-www.com/brnursery
(catalog free)
Edible Forest
Box 260195
Madison, WI 53726-0195
(catalog free)
Bear Creek
PO box 411
Northlport, WA 99115
email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(catalog free)
Oregon Exotics
http://www.exoticfruit.com
(catalog $4)
Raintree
http://www.raintreenursery.com
One Green World
http://www.onegreenworld.com
