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[Steven Covacci <filtertitle@aol.com>]

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Does anyone have experience growing and/or harvesting the nuts of Alleghany 
chinkapin/chinquapin (Castanea pumila)?




A pro that I hear about is: if/when it gets the chestnut blight, since it 
sprouts from the base and produces on the shoots, being formed as a bush, 
subsequently, it will be manageable.


A down-side that I hear about: up to 500 nuts needed for a single pound..  


Thanks,
Steve
NJ