Chestnut Trees
Chestnut trees yield nuts which are nutritionally very similar to potatoes and cereals, high in carbohydrates, low in fats and proteins, can be roasted, baked, boiled, pureed; very good for taking out in the bush and roasting over the campfire, (the smell of cooked chestnuts is very alluring) can be dried and ground into a useful flour, easy to harvest and prepare. Chestnut trees give good quantity of meat per nut. They will bear a modest crop on their own, but Chestnuts give heavier crops with pollination from a different variety of chestnut tree.
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Seedling chestnut
Seedling chestnut is a vigourous growing tree, not grafted to any variety, but this European seedling chestnut produces large sweet nuts, the kind found sold in fruit markets, seedlings are relatively quick to bear and can be a little more hardy and quick growing than grafted trees
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Wandiligong Wonder chestnut
Wandiligong Wonder chestnut is a late harvesting variety originating in north east Victoria, good easy peeling and no need to prune the tree
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Marone chestnut
The Marone chestnut is a large nut from WA, but originally of Italian origins, fairly upright habit, exhibiting Asian characteristics, such as fine wood and pointy buds, excellent quality
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Bouge de Besiac chestnut
Out of stock
Bouge de Besiac chestnut is new for us this year, an excellent quality cultivar which has large nuts, very good flavour, easy to peel and ripening early in the season
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April Gold chestnut
An early variety from the Dandenong ranges in Victoria, originally of European origin, it produces extra large dark coloured nuts, upright habit, free falling nuts, will also bear in a subtropic climate
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Reilly chestnut
The Reilly chestnut originates from a planting made early this century on the Alstonville Plateau. A low chill variety that does well in northern / subtropical regions, and bears very heavily in Feb/March. Fair nut and keeping qualities
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Emerald Gem chestnut
From Emerald Lake area of the Dandenong Ranges, the Emerald Gem chestnut is a beautiful spreading tree – almost weeping in habit, very prolific, tends to bear heavily, distinctive orange tan coloured nut without stripes, grafted tree