The best chestnut origins and varieties include Xujia No. 1 in Shandong Province, small-fruited chestnuts in Qiyang, Hunan, Tai'an thin shells in Tai'an, green-haired soft thorns, double-season chestnuts, and plain chestnuts in Yixing, Jiangsu. The medium-fruited red chestnut from the region. In fact, every place has its own good varieties. These varieties generally have their own advantages and characteristics. They just grow in areas suitable for their growth.

What is the best variety of chestnut currently?

Chestnut is a very common nut type in life, especially in the cold season, candied chestnuts can be seen everywhere on the streets. There are many varieties of chestnuts in my country, and they vary from north to south. So what are the good chestnut varieties? Here are a few briefly introduced to you.

Xujia No. 1

Xujia No. 1 is native to Shandong Province, a light-loving tree species, suitable for slightly acidic soil, perennial, with flowering period from April to May and cones from September to October. Mature.

Small-fruited chestnut

Small-fruited chestnut is a local variety of chestnut from Qiyang, Hunan. It has the habit of early ripening and is mainly used for food and medicinal purposes. It is a chestnut variety propagated through grafting.

Taian thin shell

Saplings are easy to stand upright and grow long, but bear fruit late. Grafted seedlings begin to enter the fruiting period after three years. On average, each fruiting mother branch bears 2.2 fruiting branches, and on average each fruiting branch bears 1.9 involucres. The fruiting rate is as high as 56%. The mature trees are of average vigor and have high and stable yields.

Green Hairy Soft Thorn

An excellent new variety of southern chestnut, native to Yixing and Liyang, Jiangsu Province. It is cultivated in large quantities. The skin is brown and shiny, the nut quality is excellent, and the meat is delicate. .

Double-season chestnut

Double-season chestnut blooms twice a year. It is characterized by high yield and the resulting chestnuts are of high quality. Its main uses include protection, ornamental and edible.

Tancheng 207

Tancheng 207 chestnut comes from wild resources in Yunnan Province. It is an evergreen coniferous tree, a light-loving tree species, suitable for slightly acidic soil, and is used in construction, shipbuilding and furniture.

Medium-fruit red chestnut

Medium-fruit red chestnut is mostly cultivated in plain areas. This variety has high fruit yield, large nuts, fine waxy and sweet pulp, excellent quality, and fruit It is resistant to storage and has strong resistance to diseases and pests.

In addition, many chestnut varieties also have their own high-quality characteristics, such as wool chestnut, early chestnut, September cold, medium-thorn chestnut, light-thorn chestnut, late chestnut, and medium-fruit red oil. Chestnut, large-fruited black chestnut, early-maturing oil chestnut, flower-covered chestnut, thornless chestnut, weeping chestnut No. 1, weeping chestnut No. 2, acorn chestnut, semi-flowerless, Huafeng, Huaxing, Yimeng short branch, Varieties such as Yanqing and Yanquan.