Your Chinese chestnut tree should begin producing nuts in the fall after it's settled in. That said, if you've got the room, planting more than one lets them cross-pollinate and produce more nuts ...

The cleaned nut is cut open and the ovules are removed and placed on ... As of the fall of 2013, we have planted 1275 transgenic chestnut trees at eight sites in New York State and one in Virginia.

The American chestnut almost was wiped out in the 20th century. Can scientists and the Park Service bring back this iconic tree? At the end of the long weekend last April, the volunteers were cold, ...

encouraging public participation through the identification of rare remnant surviving chestnut trees, collecting and exchanging viable nuts, and establishing large restoration plantations throughout ...

and the nuts are peeled, frozen, and turned into other products. One is chestnut flour, the reason some call chestnuts “the grain that grows on trees.” Blackwell tells us that French chefs use ...

In this multi-part series, we will identify some of the tree species and describe some of their unique characteristics. Our first species is the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) sometimes called ...

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire are synonymous with the festive season, but remember, chestnuts are for life – not just for Christmas! In The Food Programme, Rachel Roddy and Sheila Dillon ...

You wouldn't turn to anything else after this unique and delicious Panacotta recipe. Combine cream, milk, chestnut puree, orange rind, cinnamon powder in a sauce pan and bring to a boil over moderate ...