NUT TREES AND SHRUBS

Entries below are in alphabetical order based on Latin names

    SIZE PRICE
SHAGBARK HICKORY(Carya ovata)
        60-80’, Zone 4-8. Straight columnar tree. Bark shags into long plates when adult. Nuts thin shelled and sweet. Very slow grower at first. Native plant.
  12-18''
9.00
BITTERNUT HICKORY(Carya cordiformis)
        50-60’, Zone 4-9. Most common hickory in Canada, also fastest growing. Very handsome tree with spreading crown. Nuts bitter. Valuable wood.
  3-4' 15.00
AMERICAN CHESTNUT(Castanea dentata)
        Up to 90’, Zone 4-8. Native tree once widespread, now almost wiped out by chestnut blight. These are seedlings of supposedly resistant stock.
  6'+

80.00
AMERICAN HAZELNUT(Corylus americana)
        8-12’, Zone 3-9. Upright, suckering, native shrub. Tasty nuts are 1/2”, grouped 2-6, each set in a leafy husk, but partly exposed. Undemanding.
bushy
bushy
bushy
3-4'
4-5'
5-6'
18.00
20.00
24.00
EUROPEAN FILBERT(Corylus avellana)
        Zone 5-8. Large shrub or small tree up to 20’, depending on training. Grown for commercial nut production in Europe and as ornamental.
bushy 5-6' 24.00
HAZELBERT(Corylus ‘Skinner x Graham and Winkler’)
        These are seedlings from a special cross between hazel and filbert, guaranteed to produce regular bumper crops of good size nuts. Hardy (Zone 4).
bushy
bushy
2-3'
6-7'
16.00
30.00
BEAKED FILBERTCorylus cornuta)
        3-8’, Zone 3-7. Generally similar to American filbert, but more northerly in distribution. Also nuts are wholly enclosed in quaintly beaked husks.
bushy
bushy
bushy
3-4'
4-5'
5-6'
18.00
20.00
24.00
JAPANESE WALNUT (Juglans ailantifolia)
        Zone 4, 30-50’. Impressive tree with high branching, spreading growth. Vivid green foliage, glossy, dense. Edible nuts 2’’ long, easy to crack.
  10-20'' 8.00
BUTTERNUT(Juglans cinerea)
        40-60’, Zone 3-7. Round topped tree with divided trunk and spreading branches. Sweet oily nuts with rich flavor. Prized timber. Native tree.
  3-4'
4-5'
5-6'
16.00
20.00
25.00
MANCHURIAN WALNUT (Juglans mandschurica)
        40-60’, Zone 3-7. A butternut type from N.E. Asia. Fast growing, disease-free, early bearing. Keeps good foliage all season. Long catkins.
  2-3'
4-5'
5-6'
12.00
22.00
27.00
BLACK WALNUT (Juglans nigra)
        50-90’, hardy to Zone 4, possibly 3. Massive tree when fully grown. Priceless wood for furniture. Large round nuts. Very valuable native tree.
  2-3'
5-7'
8-10'
11.00
25.00
40.00

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