Jan 02 and I just tried Silverleaf nuts raw and I liked them. The others I tried were bitter when raw, so I updated my prior post.
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My wife went to the Asian market and spotted these giant chestnuts. She bought a few pounds for me. They are very tasty.
Tony
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Any recommendations for 2 chestnut trees in Virginia
Zone 7b
Goals are flavor and resistance and ease of peeling
Size isn’t the most important
I find the podcast with the Italian nurseryman Guido Bassi, who is now retired, interesting:
I find Mr. Bassi’s thoughts on grafting rootstocks and on the cultivation of BdB and Marroni interesting. After his insights and the presented varieties of @Castanea ExJ chestnut hybrids such as Bergantz, Gillet, Torakuri and Chinese hybrids such as Yolo Grande and Szego (which were not tested at the Piemont Chestnut Centar in Italy), I got a new idea to establish a new small family chestnut plantation on a neglected vineyard site. 
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