Castanea sativa 'Toumey'

Cultivar

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Characteristics

A perennial monoecious deciduous tree.
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
Spread dyszoochory
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Cultivation

A 1937 hybrid of Japanese chestnut MJ (PI 86873) crossed with the same Japanese × American hybrid used as a pollen parent of Sleeping Giant. Graves named it in 1961 after a forester at Yale Univ., New Haven, Conn.; released by the Connecticut Agr. Expt. Sta. in 1962. Nut: large (about 50 per lb); between bay and chestnut color, with darker lengthwise ridges; tawny hairs in triangular wings 1.0 to 1.5 cm toward the hilum; flavor fair. Origin: Tree: Fruit:
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Optimum temperature (C°) 15 - 25
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Synonyms

Castanea sativa 'Toumey'