Japanese / European hybrid · Seed-family seedling

Tanzawa Family

Very large nuts, very early ripening, and it bears young. A specialty family with real advantages.

Species	Castanea crenata
Seed parent origin	Japanese chestnut selection.
Nut size	Very large
Ripening window	Early season
Cold hardiness	Zone 5, protected site
Blight resistance	Moderate. Japanese chestnut carries partial resistance
Best for	Early-season deer hunting and growers chasing maximum nut size.

About this seed family

Japanese chestnuts are known for producing the largest nuts in the genus and for bearing at a young age.

Tanzawa is one of the recognized Japanese selections, valued for size and early ripening.

The trade-off is peelability. Japanese-type nuts often have a more clinging inner skin than Chinese types, which matters for kitchen and market use.

What you are actually buying

This is a seedling grown from a nut produced by a named Tanzawa 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.