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I hate to be a downer, but I lost four large (30+ year old) butternuts last year to Butternut Canker. My one remaining tree is infected and will die within a year. The disease is wiping out all the native butternuts in MA. These introduced diseases and pests are a very serious threat to our native plants. There are currently no resistant butternut strains offered in the trade. Elms and native chestnuts are effectively gone. Ash are dying by the thousands in my town. With a twenty plus year timeframe before the first real nut harvest for butternut, I would suggest something else. I have had good luck with Chinese Chestnut, which is resistant to the Chestnut Blight. The OP should have reasonable nut production within five years.

[QUOTE="Flywheel, post: 3914547, member: 32701"] I hate to be a downer, but I lost four large (30+ year old) butternuts last year to Butternut Canker. My one remaining tree is infected and will die within a year. The disease is wiping out all the native butternuts in MA. These introduced diseases and pests are a very serious threat to our native plants. There are currently no resistant butternut strains offered in the trade. Elms and native chestnuts are effectively gone. Ash are dying by the thousands in my town. With a twenty plus year timeframe before the first real nut harvest for butternut, I would suggest something else. I have had good luck with Chinese Chestnut, which is resistant to the Chestnut Blight. The OP should have reasonable nut production within five years. [/QUOTE]

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