I was at the nursery last Fall and saw their trees.  I also eat some of their roasted hybrid chestnut.  Not bad for a hybrid.  I think that they sell some of thier chestnuts in the local market.  I plan on buying some and planting here in Louisiana, northshore of Lake Ponchatrain.

James <jls14341@...> wrote:

I've been gathering lots of chestnut tree information and I found a
nursery in Florida only a few hours from my property that sells
Dunstan Hybrid Chestnut seedlings.  I'm thinking of starting these for
my home orchard. Does anyone know anything about them?  The website is
at: http://www.chestnuthilltreefarm.com/page9.php

They say they have not had one instance of chestnut blight in 30
years,  so thats good!

Since they are growing them near me I'm thinking they would grow in my
climate ok.   They have 2yr trees about 3' tall in 3 Gal containers. 
I'm thinking of getting about 25 of them to start and clear an area
100' x 100' and planting them 20' x 20'  then thin them out later.  
Then I'll expand the area every year.   This way I don't have to clear
the entire property now and I can get some trees growing.

Does anyone have any photos of a mature orchard?   I've never seen one
and I'm curious what my property will look like after all the trees
are full size.   Does anyone know of any existing chestnut orcharads
that allow visitiors withing driving distance from florida (on a
vacation trip perhaps)

James