Chinese chestnut (#1)

Bare root seedling trees. It requires at least two trees for cross-pollination. Chestnuts are wind-pollinated.

Feralwood select: The mother tree is planted within the Feralwood food forest at Ardea, and produces the largest nuts I have yet to see on a non-grafted Chinese chestnut. At nearly 13 years old, the tree is very healthy and highly productive.

Red Feather select: In the area of rural North Carolina where I dwell, chestnuts are a somewhat regular sight, being feral throwbacks of the old homestead life. Of the dozens of chestnut trees I have mapped out and regularly forage from, I select seed annually from a single tree (within a patch of seven). This tree, located at Red Feather Farm and Pottery near the South Mountains in NC, is robust and reliably produces an abundant crop of medium-to-large chestnuts. (see image)

Seedlings range in height from 1 to 3 feet tall. Chestnuts provide abundant and nutritious food for humans, livestock, and wildlife.