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Castanea mollissima |
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Chinese
Chestnut |
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4 to 8 |
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Northern
China,
Korea |
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Rounded
habit with dense foliage. |
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40 to 60 feet
high and wide. |
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Self sterile -
male
(staminate tassels) and female flowers. Pale
yellow or creamy, of heavy, unpleasant odor,
monoecious. |
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Mid-June. |
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Very
lustrous dark green leaves. Alternate, simple, 3
to 6 (8”)
long, 2 to 3 1/2’ wide. |
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Yellow to bronze autumn color |
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Two to 3 scales
weakly overlapping, gray-brown, pubescent. |
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Nut with 2 to 4
valves. |
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Less
susceptible but not immune to
Chestnut blight |
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These trees
are supposed to have produced an average crop of 75-100
lbs. of edible nuts per tree. Most feel that they are not as
tasty as the American Chestnut, but
they are of good size and are edible. |
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