Cultivars
| Cultivar | Genes | Growth vigour | Soil fertility (tolerance) | Pest and disease susceptibility | Productive life span - start (year) - minimum | Productive life span - start (year) - maximum | Productive life span - start (age) - maximum | Productivity - peak (yield) - maximum | Suitable harvesting methods | Ease of removal - edible parts | Size edible parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eaton | Castanea mollissima | Early | Medium | ||||||||
| Ecker 2 | Castanea mollissima x sativa | Poor | |||||||||
| Nanking | Castanea mollissima | Strong | 2 | 3 | High | Medium | |||||
| Qing | Castanea mollissima | Resistant | Mechanical | Easy | Large |
Rootstocks
| Rootstock | Forest layer | Height (full grown) - minimum | Height (full grown) - maximum | Crown diameter (full grown) - minimum | Crown diameter (full grown) - maximum | Life span | Relative growth rate | Pollination vector | Plant reproductive fertility | Artificial propagation method | Native | Frost tolerance (whole plant) | Light preference | Light tolerance | Soil texture (preference) | Soil texture (tolerance) | Soil moisture (tolerance) | Soil acidity (preference) | Soil acidity (tolerance) | Soil fertility (tolerance) | Nitrogen fixation | Pest and disease susceptibility | Edible parts | Productive life span - peak (year) - minimum | Productive life span - peak (year) - maximum | Harvesting period - length | Form of consumption | Natural storability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castanea mollissima seedling | Canopy layer | 7.6 | 10.6 | 7.6 | 10.7 | 200 | Slow | Wind | Sf, more harvest with cross-pollination | Seed (non dormant) | Exotic | Very strong frost | Full sun | Half shade | Loam | Light clay | Drought | Acid | Acid | Poor | No nitrogen fixer | Very resistant | nuts |
15 |
20 |
Several weeks |
Fresh |
Several weeks |