As with the Crab Apple, this tree flowers in the spring and early fall and produces its fruit in July and November. Its leaves are leathery, elliptical, and serrate. They are bright green and smooth above while much paler and downy beneath. USDA zones 4 to 8, likes wet or moist soils, valleys and upland slopes. 49.95 Chinese Chestnut -Fruit ripens late September and begins dropping soon after.
Good fruit crops every two years.
Excellent food for deer, quail and other wildlife who feed on the flesh and seed. It's now more common that other chestnuts in North America. It is typically a low branched, open headed tree with leaves 5 - 9 inches in length. The nuts are fairly large, born freely even on young trees. Gobbler Sawtooth Oak is known for it's rapid growth and small acorns.