Precoce Migoule

‘Precoce Migoule’ (C. sativa × C. crenata) is a vigorous, productive French cultivar. It is pollen-fertile, but heavy crop loads make tight crotch angles vulnerable to breakage. Its nuts (~17 g in California) have good flavor and peel well,

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Perry

‘Perry’ (C. mollissima), also as known as Byron 93, was also selected from the old orchard at the Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Research Laboratory in Byron, GA. The tree is attractive, has good productivity, and good-quality small to

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Patterson

‘Patterson’ (C. mollissima) is an M. Nave selection from seed collected at the Nanjing Botanical Garden (provided by Nanjing Botanical Garden scientist Liu Liu). The selection has morphologies that differ from those of other C. mollissima trees cultivated in

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Orrin

‘Orrin’ (C. mollissima) originated from an orchard belonging to Orrin Good of Lock Haven, PA, and was named by J.W. McKay in 1963. It probably originated from Peter Liu’s 1935 importations from seedlots with origin similar to ‘Kuling’, ‘Meiling’,

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Norman Dwarf

C. crenata tree originating from a Korean chestnut seed source identified by Norman Higgins in Michigan. It is a small statured tree with a strong dwarfing habit that produces a small to medium sized nut held tightly in the

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NC-8

‘NC-8’ (C. mollissima), also known as ‘Campbell NC-8’, is a second-generation OP seedling of ‘Skioka’, the reputed C. mollissima × C. sativa hybrid of J.U. Gellatly (Gellatly, 1964). Morphologically, ‘NC-8’ appears primarily C. mollissima; however, some traits suggest C.

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Nanking

‘Nanking’ (C. mollissima) shares a seedlot and history with ‘Crane’ and ‘Meiling’. It ripens late season and is highly productive, sometimes overly so, such that nut size goes down. Its nut flavor (13–15 g) is average for C. mollissima

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Nanjing Special

‘Nanjing Special’ (C. mollissima) is a seedling selection of M. Nave originating from a seedlot from the Nanjing Botanical Garden collected in 1993. It produces small nuts with superb flavor, and M. Nave describes it as one of the

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Miller 72-76

‘Miller 72-76’ (C. mollissima) is a G. Miller selection from a 1972 planting of C. mollissima seedlings (Carrollton, OH), which is the same planting produced ‘Amy’, ‘Gideon’, and ‘Peach’. Its mother was acquired from Ackerman Nursery, Bridgman, MI, in

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