Chinese Chestnut Trees
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Qing
Variety Traits
✓ Medium to large sized nuts (16g)
✓ Excellent sweet flavor, peels easily
✓ Low blossom end rot
✓ Earlierproduction yields
✓ Maintains quality post harvest
✓ Late leafing - avoids spring frosts
✓ Loose canopy structure
✓ Early to mid season nut drop
✓ Bears nuts at a young age
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Select seedlings of a grafted Qing orchard with a controlled pollen cloud. Qing has been evaluated in long-term trials at University of Missouri, verifying their superior productivity, nut marketability, and blight resistance - traits which they passed on to all other varieties we offer. It is the Q in UMCA® PQK and is one of many parents in Empire Elite & Ohio Select.
These are then grown out in sandy loam nursery beds in Missouri by our nursery and fulfillment partners Bullrock Nursery. Bare root trees are removed early winter and held in cold storage where they are then shipped on-demand to your farm! -
1 - Best producing variety available
University of Missouri research on multiple varieties has found Qing consistently to be the best producer avaiable. Read about their results here: https://www.actahort.org/members/showpdf?booknrarnr=1400_33
Propagate has planted and observed the performance of over 10,000 Qing seedlings directly and trusts these genetics as a key ingredient for success in our commercial operations.
2 - Scientific Rigor
Compared to most chestnut seedlings, Qing represent both the mothers and fathers by controlling pollen cloud through isolating the grafted orchard.
3 - Production
Qing provides exceptional yield and from an early age, stable nut size and excellent quality, and long nut storage time. Additionally, they contain the rare trait of late budbreak for frost avoidance.
UMCA® PQK
Variety Traits
✓ Medium to large sized nuts (16g)
✓ Excellent sweet flavor, peels easily
✓ Low blossom end rot
✓ Earlier production yields
✓ Maintains quality post harvest
✓ Late leafing - avoids spring frosts
✓ Loose canopy structure
✓ Early to mid season nut drop
✓ Bears nuts at a young age
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Select seedlings of Peach, Qing, and Kohr at the University of Missouri. Peach, Qing, and Kohr have been evaluated in long-term trials at MU, verifying their productivity, nut marketability, and blight resistance - traits which they passed on to their UMCA® PQK offspring.
These are then grown out in sandy loam nursery beds in Missouri & Georgia by our nursery and fulfillment partners, Native Forest Nursery & Bullrock Nursery. Bare root trees are removed early winter and held in cold storage where they are then shipped on-demand to your farm! -
1 - Trees growers use commercially
Propagate has planted and observed the performance of over 30,000 UMCA® PQK seedlings directly and trusts these genetics as a key ingredient for success in our commercial operations.
2 - Scientific Rigor
Compared to most chestnut seedlings, UMCA® PQK represent both the mothers and fathers by controlling pollen cloud through isolating the grafted orchard.
3 - Production
UMCA® PQK provide exceptional yield and from an early age, stable nut size and excellent quality, and long nut storage time. Additionally, they contain the rare trait of late budbreak for frost avoidance.
Empire Elite
Variety Traits
✓ Small to large sized nuts
✓ Excellent sweet flavor, peels easily
✓ Chestnutblight resistant
✓ Cold hardy to Zone 5b
✓ Genetically diverse parents
✓ Fast & vigorous growth
✓ Selected for harvestable traits
✓ Holds quality in shipping
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It all starts with select seed from the best performing breeding orchards at the Rt. 9 Chestnut Co-op. These seed come from a select block of trees that includes grafted cultivars and a seedling trial from highly selected parents. They are predominantly pure Chinese with a few Chinese-type hybrids. The resulting offspring are precocious and productive, perhaps more so than many of named cultivar seedlings.
These are then grown out in sandy loam nursery beds in Georgia by our nursery and fulfillment partner, Native Forest Nursery. Bare root trees are removed early winter and held in cold storage where they are then shipped on-demand to your farm!
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1 - Trees growers use commercially
Propagate has planted over 100,000 Empire Elite seedlings U.S. across chestnut farms directly and trusts these genetics as a key ingredient for success in retail and commercial operations.
2 - Improved seed stock selection
Empire Elite seedlings are selected over 50 years of breeding and selection by Route 9 Chestnut Co-op.
3 - Production ready genetics
These trees are the seedlings selected by of one of the largest chestnut operations in the U.S. - Rt. 9 Chestnut Co-op. Empire Elite provide quality yield, quality nut size and excellent nut quality inherited from their parents.
Stehli Select
Variety Traits
✓ Small to large sized nuts
✓ Excellent sweet flavor, peels easily
✓ Chestnut blight resistant
✓ Cold hardy to Zone 5b
✓ Genetically diverse parents
✓ Fast & vigorous growth
✓ Selected for harvestable traits
✓ Holds quality in shipping
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It all starts with select seed from the best performing breeding orchards at the Wintergreen Tree Farm. They are predominantly pure Chinese with a few Chinese-type hybrids.
These are then grown out in sandy loam nursery beds in Georgia by our nursery and fulfillment partner, Native Forest Nursery. Bare root trees are removed early winter and held in cold storage where they are then shipped on-demand to your farm!
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1 - Trees growers use commercially
Propagate has planted over 10,000 Ohio select seedlings directly and trusts these genetics in our commercial operations.
2 - Consistency in seed stock
Ohio Select seedlings are selected from over 30 years of breeding and selection by Wintergreen Tree Farm
3 - Production ready genetics
These trees are the seedlings selected by of one of the largest chestnut operations in the U.S. - Ohio Chestnuts by Wintergreen Tree Farm. Ohio Select provide quality yield, consistent nut size and excellent nut quality inherited from their parents.
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