Looking for Chinquapin

[D-Grower]

Does anybody have seeds or seedlings of this plant? Willing to pay or trade.

Thanks! DG

[Jaboticaba45]

I know of a tree located near me that has fruits...just it is too late in the year, one month ago would be when they are ripe.

[D-Grower]

Right on. I'm further south. A friend has a tree but the squirrels got all the nuts but one. Perhaps down here some trees might have nuts still. Want not to wait until next year if I can help it.

[CherimoyaDude]

I didn't realize there was east coast chinquapin. Here in California there is lots of wild golden chinquapin. Very spiny covers on the nuts but apparently edible

[D-Grower]

It'd be cool to get some seeds of the variety over on the west coast. The single seed my friend saved from the squirrels had a very spiny outter seed pod. The leaves of the tree look just like a hybrid Chestnut. I once had two American Chestnut trees and the leaves were very different. Unfortunately the chickens ruined those plants...