yoderjac
5 year old buck +
Does anyone here know of a source to purchase this chestnut tree?
The Wildlife Group doesn't have any, and the only way they sell them when they are available is in a package including the other AU varieties.
I'm only interested in AU Buck IV.
Thanks - Steve
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Auburn's Office of Technology Transfer, which serves as the link between Auburn researchers and the commercial marketplace, has licensed the patented cultivars to The Wildlife Group
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http://ocm.auburn.edu/featured_story/chestnut.html
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Originally Posted by Green Thumb
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Auburn's Office of Technology Transfer, which serves as the link between Auburn researchers and the commercial marketplace, has licensed the patented cultivars to The Wildlife Group
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http://ocm.auburn.edu/featured_story/chestnut.html
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Thanks....I do recall reading that once but didn't know if others had been licensed or not. It's a shame these aren't readily available, because in speaking to someone at the WG, I understand there is a long waiting list for the package.
I have looked as well...
You need to call WG and order them now for next year if you want them. I bought two of the packages this year and I know they sold out quick. I ordered two of the larger tree packages last year in early summer, gave them the old CC and let them know I would not be able to pick them up until late January and I still got boned. After driving an hour+to the nursery I found out they had sold the larger trees I had ordered and I got stuck with the smaller trees. At about $33/tree I was very definitely unimpressed with some of them. Out of the 12 trees several were barely 18" high and some of the grafts looked rough. Time will tell how they do. On a positive note the tubes, ties and stakes that came with the packages are superb and my other purchases from them have been satisfactory.
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Originally Posted by BradBB
You need to call WG and order them now for next year if you want them. I bought two of the packages this year and I know they sold out quick. I ordered two of the larger tree packages last year in early summer, gave them the old CC and let them know I would not be able to pick them up until late January and I still got boned. After driving an hour+to the nursery I found out they had sold the larger trees I had ordered and I got stuck with the smaller trees. At about $33/tree I was very definitely unimpressed with some of them. Out of the 12 trees several were barely 18" high and some of the grafts looked rough. Time will tell how they do. On a positive note the tubes, ties and stakes that came with the packages are superb and my other purchases from them have been satisfactory.
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Thanks, I have bought other products from them in the past and have been satisfied with the quality. The entire AU package is not that interesting to me because of the price. However, if someone wanted to plant a very limited number of trees and wanted to assure the longest possible drop times, it might just be worth it. AU IV drops until about mid November (going from memory, so don't hold me to that). That is very desirable IMHO and something I have not been able to find elsewhere.
Take Care - Steve
I agree.... I wish they sold them separate from the packages.
I agree that the Buck IV and its November drop was attractive to me, but I also liked the fact that with the package I will hopefully have months of drop and something for my turkeys with the Gobbler. I figure they are only offering them as a package as a marketing tool to help recoup development costs. From this post alone its obvious they would be selling lots of Buck IV and not much else. Plus, in a few years I will have scions and can expand as I like with little cost.
Thanks guys. Maybe someday someone will find a wild one in a fence row that has the attributes we are looking for and market it.
Lots of the more famous apple varieties have been propagated from such finds.
I too would be interested in these but not as part of a package deal. I think BradBB has it right. Many of us are planting Dunstans. Perhaps Brad can keep us in mind when he has enough scions to share in a year or two. (INTERNAL IMAGE LIKE EMOTICON REMOVED)
Found this on the wildlife group facebook page where they are comparing their Chestnut production vs Dunstans. Thoughts?
Has anybody bought some of the wildlife group chestnut trees/packages?
I have seen the same thing. The Dunstan is an orchard type tree, larger nicer looking fruit. However the CC has a smaller but more abundant fruit. I do not care about timber so I plant a lot more CC over Dunstans. I have both, but price and amount of fruit for wildlife are the reasons I plant mostly CC's.
The first I read about it was on Realtree's own website. I could not understand why they were bragging about having fewer but larger chestnuts over the Chinese.
Split Toe,
The WG is misleading in its facebook page analysis. The direct quote from the Chestnuthillnursery.com website is as follows:
"We planted 62 Dunstan Chestnuts in 2000, along with 800 Collosal, Marigoule and Maraval chestnuts at our farm in northern Connecticut. We are surrounded by American chestnuts in the nearby forests, both dead trees and suckers resprouting from the roots, so there is a lot o f blight. All 800 of the other chestnuts have died, but we have not lost a single Dunstan Chestnut. This year (2010) we harvested 400 lbs of nuts from the 62 Dunstan trees. They produce beautiful, mostly large nuts."
The orchard is only 10 years old, not 15. Also note that the growers are from CT. My perception is that they are very protective of the deer herd, to say the least. It also says nothing about the protection provided to the orchard.
Second, on the website is this following quote:
"VERY PROFITABLE ORCHARD CROP
Chestnuts are a very profitable crop. They bear in 3-5 years, and produce 2,000-4,000 lbs/acre each year at maturity (15-20 years). Wholesale prices for large, high quality chestnuts are $3.00-5.00/lb, and higher for retail. This is a superior return to pecans, hazelnuts and many other tree crops!"
Quite a different comparison than what the WG group selectively chose to analyze.
Here is the site for the quotes: <http://www.chestnuthilltreefarm.com/...nut-Trees.aspx
Prior to them going out of business (for some unknown reason to me), the Delmarvelous Chestnut company sold out all of their Dunstan chestnuts, as do Chestnut Ridge of Pike County, and another grower in NC. And I don't think we are talking 400 lbs for 62 trees either......
Food, or shall I say, Chestnuts For Thought......