{"product_id":"cortland-hazel-seedling-our-best-bare-root-1-year-old","title":"Cortland Hazel Seedling  - Bare root Sale!","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese seedlings are from our cultivar NITKA\u003cstrong\u003e\u003csup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e®\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e.   The nuts from the mother tree (shown below) are round, beautiful, tasty and very thin shell that you can crack by squeezing two in your hand.  The nuts are well filled and a very short husk that allows the nuts to fall freely to enable harvesting. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCortland grows upright with stiffer branches to 10 feet tall at maturity and about 6-7 feet wide in bush form at 25 years of age. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis tree is a very good producer in our field and very blight resistant (immune so far) after over 20 years.  Also, a wind tolerant excellent pollen producer with a long pollen shed.   Good for Zone 4b and warmer. Try in Zone 3! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease read our blog page to learn more about seedlings and our cultivars that we sell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are started late winter in our greenhouse as tublings. We grow in small but tall pots to form a good root system.  Then plant out for further growth. It is extra effort on our part but worth it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReminder 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen do we ship?\u003c\/strong\u003e We are at the mercy of nature when we ship trees.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   In the fall w\u003c\/span\u003ee must wait for the trees to be dormant to supply you with the healthiest trees for spring vigor.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJuvenile trees do not like to go dormant until there is “killing frost”. The term killing frost just means the trees will stop growth and go dormant for the winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSpring we typically ship late-April to late-May weather dependent, dormant and bare root.  In the fall we ship mid-October to early November, dormant and bare root. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eYou will be notified of pending shipment to your address, when a shipping label has been made for your order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  Seedlings are typically 12\"-24\" tall. We cannot ship to the west coast states. We ship to Canada for very large orders only.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNeed a minimum of two trees for cross pollination. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #212b36; font-family: -apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,San Francisco,Segoe UI,Roboto,Helvetica Neue,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.4; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003eWe will do our best to make you happy as we state on our\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/znutty.com\/pages\/terms-and-conditions\" title=\"Z's Nutty Ridge LLC Terms and Conditions\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTerms and Conditions page\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Z's Nutty Ridge LLC","offers":[{"title":"1 pack (1 tree)    $14 ea.","offer_id":40457787998306,"sku":"","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"5 pack        $12 ea.","offer_id":40457788358754,"sku":"","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"10 pack        $10 ea.","offer_id":40457789767778,"sku":"","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"25 pack       $8 ea.","offer_id":40457789833314,"sku":"","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1857\/2633\/products\/NITKAnutsandquater2IMG_3594_80aee701-6e8e-4049-b777-5fe44898c422.jpg?v=1660416414","url":"https:\/\/znutty.com\/products\/cortland-hazel-seedling-our-best-bare-root-1-year-old","provider":"Z's Nutty Ridge LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}