True Root Nursery
Booth Butternut Seedling
Booth Butternut Seedling
NOTE: Butternuts are known to hybridize readily with other closely related species so there is no guarantee on whether these seedlings are pure.
Species: Juglans cinerea or hybrid
History: Booth is a cultivar of Butternut, an endangered tree native to parts of Ontario. Known for its vigorous growth, dependable crops, and nuts that crack well, we elected to grow seedlings of this variety in hopes of passing these traits along.
Why We Grow It: Booth is known for growing well, cropping reliably, and producing nuts that crack well, so with any luck its seedlings will do the same for you! They can survive in zone 2, but they must be within zone 3 to produce nuts. The sap can be boiled to make walnut syrup, which tastes very similar to maple syrup but with notes of caramel and butterscotch.
Be mindful of the juglones in the in the roots/nut husks, they are toxic to many other species. They require a buffer of about 50'/30m from the edge of the trees canopy for juglone-sensitive plants. This article from The Garden Hoe has a helpful list of plants that tolerate juglones. However there are recent (2019) studies showing healthy soil high in organic matter and mycorrhizal fungi actually reduce the toxicity of juglones suggesting many plants can grow below juglans species in a healthy ecosystem - it will be interesting to see more study done in this area!
Fruit Specs
Fruit Specs
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Harvest: March for syrup, October for nuts
Growing Specs
Growing Specs
Canadian Hardiness Zone: 3
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Shipping vs. Pick Up
Shipping vs. Pick Up
CLICK HERE to see how shipping compares to pick up.
Shipping: Every year we ship thousands of trees across Canada (except BC due to CFIA regulations). We carefully bag roots in damp sawdust, then box them and send them out via courrier. CLICK HERE to see our shipping policy.
Pick-up: We also have thousands of trees picked up from our nursery each year. The pick-up options is free, though you must wait until you have been emailed a confirmation that your order is ready to pick up, which will have further information such as hours, locations, etc. We really appreciate if you can make an appointment to pick up, then we can be as organized as possible during our busy season.
Size at Purchase
Size at Purchase
Our ungrafted fruit tree seedlings, nut tree seedlings, berries, and other miscellaneous plants are categorized into the following sizes excluding the roots:
- 5-15cm
- 15cm+
- 30cm+
- 60cm+
- 90cm+
All of these heights exclude the roots since seedlings and some berries will often have a lot of root growth but relatively little vegetative growth (ex. our Shagbark Hickories seedlings are often 5-15cm above the soil but will have roots that reach 20cm+ in length).
Not all of our berries and seedlings will be available in all of these grades since growth rate can vary significantly across species and even varieties. While we remain competitive in our plant size, it's also worth noting we don't use synthetic chemicals to push vegetative growth, therefore you may find conventional nursery stock larger in some instances comparatively.
Orders that are cancelled last minute due to size (being "too small"), will still incur the applicable cancellation fees if the plants are true to our grading standards as per the agreement of sale when the order was placed.
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