The chestnuts we have for sale are seed grown from parents of complex hybrids containing genetics of American, European, Chinese, and Japanese chestnut trees. The seeds come from Danby, NY and were collected by Akiva Silver at Twisted Tree Farm. The trees are fast growing with good flavor nuts. The hybrid chestnuts we offer show good blight resistance.

If you aren’t already familiar with chestnuts, they are essentially a grain-growing tree. This is said because the nuts contain far more starch than fat or protein. Basically anything that can be made with corn can be made with chestnuts. The American chestnuts were wiped out by a terrible blight in the early twentieth century, which is why hybrids are grown today. The additional genetics from Chinese and Japanese chestnut trees convey resistance to the blight.