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Green Valley Chestnut Ranch - Fresh chestnuts and chestnut honey, flour, spread and more!
Description
Harvesting the chestnuts was a family event. We all helped out. It was a good experience, although painful, chestnut pods are sharp.
During the 1850's Gold Rush, Italian immigrants Colossal Variety Chestnut seeds to California. One of the original Colossal Variety Chestnut trees planted by these gold-seekers is still standing tall today in Nevada City, California. The Green Valley Chestnut Ranch has planted over 800 trees all originating from this original mother Chestnut tree.
The Colossal variety is an exceptional chestnut with large, sweet nuts, averaging eleven chestnuts per pound. The Green Valley Chestnut Ranch was originally established in 1854 as a historic Gravenstein apple ranch. In 1981, the Dabel family planted six acres of Colossal Chestnuts (with Nevada variety pollinizers). Depending on weather conditions, the Colossal variety Chestnuts grown on the Green Valley Chestnut Ranch are harvested by hand in October and November.
Contact
Administrative:
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- SEBASTOPOL CA
- US 95472-9771
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- (707) 829-1104
Registrant:
- Dabel, Tim
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- Graton CA
- US 95444
