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bject: [NAFEX] Protecting the Butternut Tree
> <The GOOD news is that hybrids of
> butternut with Japanese walnut and heartnut can be used to replace pure
> butternut
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> Yes, but will the hybrids actually drop viable seeds and proceed to move out
> into the woods and replace the vanishing butternut species? Donna
>
Yes, the seeds are viable. I've got at least one seedling of 'Bountiful', which has been shown to be a hybrid - no idea what the pollen parent of that particular seedling is, and at 7-8 years, it hasn't made any nuts yet.
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