Hickory, Shagbark
(Carya ovata)
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Shagbark Hickory Seedling
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These seedling hickory trees are Canadian sourced and are taken from some of the best producing, best kernel extracting selections available today. Due to the slow early growth of hickory seedlings these trees are already at least 4-5+ years old. Cold hardy to USDA zone 4b.
Plant at least two trees within 100 feet of each other for nut production.
Neilson Grafted Shagbark Hickory
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Originating near Waterford, Ontario, 'Neilson' is a great shagbark hickory selection that produces large, well filled nuts with fairly good cracking quality. The tree is very hardy with early ripening nuts. Unlike a lot of hickories 'Neilson' produces a large crop annually rather than alternating good production years. It is pollen sterile so must have suitable pollinizers nearby. A seedling shagbark or another grafted selection will do the job. Suited for zones 5-8.
Pollinator required: This tree must have a different variety of Shagbark hickory planted nearby (within 100 feet). Because 'Neilson' is pollen sterile it cannot be relied upon to pollinate other trees.
Please note: These trees must be picked up in mid to late April which is a different pick up time from most of our other bareroot trees.
Etter Hybrid, Grafted Hickory
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Believed to be a complex cross of a shagbark hickory and the McAllister hican (which is a shellbark/pecan cross) 'Etter Hybrid' was naturally produced in the Etter Grove in Pennsylvania. It produces very large nuts that are the size of chicken eggs, and which crack out pretty easily in halves when using a good nut cracker. This variety produces annually with very good crops most years and is a heavy producer - even breaking limbs at times during the heaviest yielding years. This unusually rare tree has the outstanding hybrid qualities of shagbark, pecan and shellbark hickory in its genes. Nuts ripen mid to late October. This tree is suited for USDA zone 6 or warmer.
Pollinator required: This tree must have a different variety of hickory planted nearby (within 100 feet).
Please note: These trees must be picked up in mid to late April which is a different pick up time from most of our other bareroot trees.