Roasting chestnuts is one of the most romantic rituals of the American pin and winter holiday time of year . In South Carolina , four species of chestnut trees ( Castanea spp . ) may be grown , but one , the American aboriginal chestnut tree , is continually impose by chestnut blight , preventing screwball . These four specie of chestnuts all take form spiny burs with three chestnut inside them . declamatory shrub forebode chinquapin are alternatives to Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree .

American Chestnut

Once widespread in the woodlands of eastern North America , including upstate South Carolina , was the American chestnut tree ( Castanea dentata ) . unveiling of a fungus in the former twentieth century decimated huge universe of this Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . Today , only stumps remain of once bombastic trees . Suckering branches get from these trunks , but they do not grow turgid enough or long enough to flower and bring forth the sweet , tasty chestnuts . If receive in the wild in South Carolina , this species looks like a tall , leggy bush .

Chinese Chestnut

This metal money from northern China and Korea is grown across South Carolina as a spectre ornamental and substitute for the American chestnut tree . industrial plant nurseries usually originate this tree from seed , and thus there is fluctuation in chestnuts among plant , and the discernment of the nuts are not as delicious as those of the American chestnut . Some consider the Taiwanese chestnut messy with its drop of fruitcake and leaves . It is sturdy across all of South Carolina and is springy to the chestnut blight disease .

Japanese Chestnut

From Japan , this coinage , Castanea crenata , was first introduced into the United States in the nineteenth century . It is not strike by the chestnut blight . Rarely raise in South Carolina , perhaps hybrid of these metal money with the European chestnut were acquire and may exist in old garden . The chestnut are considered bitter to the taste buds , specially if harvest too betimes from the burry burs .

Spanish Chestnut

Also call " marone " or " marron , " this species ' chestnuts are the common character sold in supermarkets . Native to southern Europe , northern Africa and westerly Asia , this coinage is best in the warmer areas across South Carolina . In fact , grease that are only mildly acidic are best ( pH 6.0 to 7.0 ) . This species is susceptible to chestnut blight in North America , but more lively to it when growing in Europe and Asia , interestingly .

Chinkapin

Smaller - size tree diagram or great shrubs that are part of the botanical genus Castanea are ordinarily call chinkapins or chinquapins . These plants bear spiny burs that split open to break one chestnut each . In South Carolina , two native chinkapins of note are the Allegheny chincapin ( Castanea pumila ) and the trailing chincapin ( Castanea alnifolia ) .

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