Chestnut Missouri HARC LWS - American hybrids - 4 yr. old seedlings - Bare Root- Pick up only

Missouri HARC chestnut grove is considered one of the best sources of hybrid chestnuts, as their grove of chestnuts contains some of the best chestnuts cultivars grafted orchard at the University of Missouri (MU) Horticulture & Agroforestry Research Center (HARC). 

This is a cold hardy selection of chestnut seedling trees. 

Pick Up only as these are too big to ship. 

All three seedling mother trees (Luvall’s Monster, Willamette and Sleeping Giant) are hybrids of American chestnuts.

We have seedling trees from three of the best mother trees.  We have seedlings of Luvalls Monster, Willamette and Sleeping Giant. We have the seedlings separated in our orchard and will ship you a mixture of the three.  We put these three selections together as they all have American heritage in them and produce large tasty nuts.

Seedlings of the following mother trees have the following characteristics:

Willamette' - Has a large nut with (18 - 22 nuts/lb) and good down to USDA zone 4b.  Originated from Oregon state University,  as referenced from, Mehlenbacher, S.A., and J.L. Pinkerton. 2009. "Release of 'Willamette' hybrid chestnut." HortScience 44(3): 847-848, with genetics mostly from Chinese, some American and possibly some European influence. 

 Sleeping Giant – Has large nuts up to 11 nuts per pound.  It is a complex hybrid of American/Japanese/Chinese  (Dentata/crenata/mollissima) hybrid. Good to USDA Zone 4.

Luvall’s Monster - An early dropping large nut.  With 13 to 25 nuts per pound. Mother tree is pollen sterile. Believed to be a Chinese x (American and Japanese) cross and is listed as C. mollissima × (C. crenata × C. dentata).  This haas been grown in USDA zones 4 through 8 and reported to be successful in as cold as zones 3b.  

Trees are 12" to over 20" tall and can be over 36" when shipped. 
When mature at 25 years they generally are about 25 to 35 feet tall and 25 feet wide, with a round form as shown. Some seedlings can be much taller.
Chestnuts often start producing nuts in year 4 or 5.

Trees were started in March in our greenhouse and then planted in the field for further growth. 
You can eat fresh or make your own gluten free deliciously sweet flour.  The nuts fall free to the ground.  All you have to do is pick them up.
Please see our web pages on chestnuts to learn more or buy our book here.

We ship mid-April to mid-June dormant and bare root.      

We cannot ship to the west coast states or where chestnut gall wasps quarantines exist, like Michigan.  Cannot ship to Canada for small orders.  We do not have chestnut gall wasps on our farm but they are getting close.

Reminder a "cultivar" is a clone of the parent tree and performs just like the parent as it is the one and same genetics.  Whereas, "seedlings" are just like children, it inherits traits from both parents and what traits are expressed we learn as it matures.

For tax exempt orders please email info@znutty.com with the desired quantity and your ship too address.  We give discounts for quantity orders. 

You need two trees for pollination. 

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