Chinese hybrid · Seed-family seedling

Skioka Family

Hybrid vigor. Fast, upright growth and big, sweet nuts.

Species	Castanea mollissima hybrid
Seed parent origin	Pacific Northwest hybrid selection with Chinese and European parentage.
Nut size	Large
Ripening window	Mid season
Cold hardiness	Zone 5, best on a protected site
Blight resistance	Good, but below pure Chinese
Best for	Landowners who want fast height and large nuts.

About this seed family

Skioka is known for vigorous, timber-form growth, which means it gets above browse height in a hurry.

The nuts are large and sweet, with quality that leans toward the European side of its parentage.

Because it carries hybrid genetics, blight resistance is good but not at pure Chinese levels. Plant it as part of a mix, not as your entire orchard.

What you are actually buying

This is a seedling grown from a nut produced by a named Skioka Family parent tree. It is not a grafted clone and we will never sell it as one. It inherits roughly half its genetics from that known mother tree and half from whatever pollinated her, which means you get a real head start on quality plus the seedling advantages of a natural taproot, lower cost and genetic diversity across your planting.

Every tree is started in our insulated shed under grow lights and grown in a 4 inch by 12 inch deep tree pot, so you receive a well-rooted young tree with a developing taproot rather than a root-bound plug.