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The Washington Chestnut Company offers fresh
chestnuts for sale right from the
farm in northwest Washington State. Orders can be shipped to anywhere in the
USA. Chestnuts grown in Northwest Washington experience a cool growing season
resulting in sweeter chestnuts, just like the chestnuts from the mountains in
France and Italy. The cool growing season also has the chestnut trees hold on
to the nuts much longer than warmer growing areas. Later falling chestnuts is
good for you because the chestnuts will not have been in cold storage for
weeks, giving you the freshest chestnuts possible.
We use best practices methods to manage the orchard and the delivery of the
fresh chestnuts to you. Our most important best practice is to help you enjoy
chestnuts to their fullest. We look forward to being your chestnut farm of
choice when you are in the market for fresh chestnuts.
Enjoying fresh chestnuts in your diet is a great choice. Chestnuts are low in
fat, gluten free, high in fiber, and they taste great. It is hard to find a
better tasting food item than fresh chestnuts. Chestnuts are also a very
versatile ingredient for many types of dishes aside from just eating it fresh
from the roaster. From soups to salads, main dishes, and even deserts,
chestnuts can be a part of each and every one. To get started using chestnuts
in your culinary dishes, order some chestnuts right from the farm where the
chestnuts are grown by placing your order today.
This is our
order form or you can call us toll free at 1(877) 966-7158.
Chestnut trees for sale directly from the grower.
Thinking about growing your own chestnut trees? It takes from 3 to 12 years
for a chestnut tree to start producing chestnuts. Also, chestnut trees require
at least 2 pollen producing trees to produce nuts. So plan on having at least
2 chestnut trees. You will also need a little room. Each chestnut tree needs
about 30 feet from any other tree or shade producing structure. And one other
thing, do not plant chestnut trees in clay soil. We currently have chestnut
seedlings of American chestnut trees and European hybrids for sale. Grafted
chestnut trees are availalbe for sale for these chestnut cultivars:
Bisalta #3, Belle Epine, Colossal, Marigoule, Marival, and Precoce Migoule
(see our products page for more info). If you wondering which chestnut trees
are best for you, our chestnut cultivars page
has a write up discussing many of the chestnut trees that can be grown
in the Pacific Northwest.
Chestnut News
September 28, 2011 - Chestnut tree wind damage
Over the three day period September 25 - 27, orchards in the Pacific Northwest
were hit by high winds resulting in tree damage and burrs being ripped from
the chestnut trees to the ground. There are still lots of burrs on the trees
with most trees left standing, but still an economic loss to the growers.
This article "Rising to the Sky and Falling to
the Ground" we look at these losses and how to manage them.
June 20, 2011 - New Order Received for Over 200 Grafted Trees
Washington Chestnut Company today received a confirmed order for over 200
grafted named cultivar chestnut trees to be delivered in the early spring
2012. This order represents the months of effort propagating the chestnut
trees and working with the customer to select the best chestnut cultivars
for their growing conditions and commercial chestnut production. The orchard
is located in Eastern Oregon in an area where there is warm summer days and
well drained soils. The order includes these chestnut cultivars:
Bisalta #3
Colossal
Marigoule
Precoce Migoule
Regina Montis
These cultivars represent some of the best chestnut producing chestnut trees
available to commercial chestnut growers providing primary production with
the Colossal and pollination with the rest of the cultivars.
Washington Chestnut Company is a producer of fresh chestnuts from its orchard
operations and chestnut trees from its nursery operations. The nursery
operations offers over 20 named chestnut cultivars to commercial chestnut
producers, retail garden and nursery stores, and direct sales to the public.
May 5, 2011 - Growing Degree Days (GDD) for generating a good fall
harvest of chestnuts, is without a doubt, as important to a chestnut grower
as the amount of available moisture in the soils. This article about the GDD
requirements for chestnuts can help growers better understand the risks with
poor growing seasons.
Chestnut Growing Degree Days - The Making of Chestnuts
March 25, 2011 - Two new chestnut cultivars are
now available for ordering for delivery in late November. These two new
cultivars are perfect for those people who have room for only two chestnut
trees on their property. They both produce pollen so they will cross pollinate
each other (other pollen producing chestnut trees will also pollinate these
chestnut trees). These chestnut trees, Regina Montis and Regis Montis both
produce medium sized nuts that fall free from the burr and are they so sweet.
In addition to being so sweet, the kernel texture is one of the best we have
ever tasted. To be a great chestnut it also has to peel easily and this one
is as easy as it gets. Both trees are very fast growing with the Regis Montis
being more upright than Regina Montis. You can expect both trees to grow 3 to
5 feet a year starting in the second year and continuing until they are over
25 feet tall. One last note, both these trees produce chestnuts in the second
year after planting so the long wait to get the first chestnuts is over.
March 18, 2011 - In February of this year a study was completed for the
purpose of determining the maximum storage times for fresh chestnuts held in
a standard refrigerator found in most kitchens. The study focused on changes
in the quality of the chestnuts if held for long time in a sealed plastic bag.
The study started with processing the chestnuts using food industry processing
standards for sanitation and handling. The chestnuts in the study were all
from the same cultivar (Bisalta #3). The study was terminated in the third week
of February (105 days post harvest) when some of the chestnuts showed signs of
germinating. None of the chestnut kernels had any molds or discoloration at
the end of the study. To carry this study to its fullness the chestnuts were
allowed to cure/sweeten up for varying days to determine when the peak sweetness
would be obtained. The study found that curing/sweetening the chestnuts for
3 days gave the best results for sweetness and taste. The full text of the
study is available here -
Fresh Chestnut Storage Study.
February 10, 2011 - Chestnut trees require cross pollination to be able
to set nuts with the kernel filled in. In this new section titled
Chestnut
Tree Pollination the issues associated with getting chestnut trees to
successfully set nuts is discussed in detail and plain English. It is part of
the
Chestnut Growers Guide under chapter 4 Tree and Orchard Maintenance.
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***** On Sale *****
European Chestnut Seedling Trees
We have some European chestnut seedlings trees in our nursery ready to ship but
they are on the small size. Between February 1 to February 29 we will discount
these small European seedling chestnut trees 60% off the regular price of
$8.50, lowering the price to $3.25 each. Limited to quantities on hand and you
must purchase at least 5 trees. Price does not include shipping charges. Don't
worry about pollination because these trees will cross pollinate each other to
produce sweet chestnuts. Since these trees are small they will need to be
grown in pots for a few months to get them up to size.
What to do with chestnuts
Chestnuts are an incredible food item. Some people eat them raw, but most
eat them cooked, kind of like potatoes. We all have heard of people who will
eat a potato raw. Well there are people who eat chestnuts raw too. Chestnuts
must be stored properly between the time the chestnuts are harvested to the
time the chestnuts are consumed. For details about the important handling,
preparing and cookng of chestnuts see our page on
storing and preparing chestnuts.

Chestnut tree in full bloom.
Contact Information:
Washington Chestnut Company
6160 Everson Goshen Rd.
Everson, WA 98247
Ph: (360) 966-7158
Fax: (360) 966-7994
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