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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. Chestnut 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.
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 Prococe 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
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.
One of the long time members presented his findings associated with the ill
effects of a chestnut tree condition called Bubbly Bark. Bubbly bark causes
chestnut trees to decline in health and sometimes will result in the tree
dying. The condition usually affects young grafted trees from 3 - 8 years old.
In the Pacific Northwest the condition is most often found in the spring of
the year just as the chestnut trees are starting their new growth and the soil
is still saturated with water. If the chestnut tree does not die (not likely),
it will have poor performance for several years. Once the tree recovers the
tree will not likely get the condition again. The signs and symptoms are almost
the same as Phytopthora root rot with one major difference. Root rot almost
always kills a tree where Bubbly Bark does not.
There is a new article in our chestnut growers guide discussing soil
moisture and irrigation. In the western states this time of year is when the
soils are drying out and will need additional water to keep the chestnut trees
healthy.
Read more about orchard irrigation...
Chestnut trees are a favorite food item for
rodents, deer, and other creatures lurking around the orchard. Our article
about protecting chestnut trees has been updated to include using mole chasers
in areas where under ground rodents are a problem.
Read more about protecting trees...
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2010 Pre-Harvest Ordering
We are now accepting 2010 orders for the 2010 chestnut harvest season. We
expect the first nuts to fall the last week of September. When you order your
chestnuts pre-harvest we will hold your order and payment until the fresh
chestnuts are ready to be shipped to you. Please call us to place your
pre-harest season order.
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 with a full load of chestnuts in the burrs.
Contact Information:
Washington Chestnut Company
6160 Everson Goshen Rd.
Everson, WA 98247
Ph: (360) 966-7158
Fax: (360) 966-7994
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