Chinese chestnuts are a favorite nut tree to plant in the United States, because of the early production of nuts, the sweetest flavored chestnut and a Cold Hardiness in almost every State. The Chinese chestnut tree bears sweetly flavored nuts every year, usually beginning in the second year of planting, and there are very few pests or soil problems known to interfere with producing chestnuts every year. The biggest problem with growing chestnuts is to pick them up before the wildlife get them.