Here's a place in Michigan that has pretty good stock.

Marshall

Here is a link that might be useful: Oikos Tree Crop

Lincoln Oakes Nursery in North Dakota also has butternut seedlings this year.

Musser forests offers these. In groups of 5 for a little over $3 per seedling. But fairly small stock.

--Spruce

i just got henry fields and guerney catalogs.. i think they are in both

ken

I know you asked for seedling sources, but I thought I'd add this source for small grafted trees just in case you wanted to pick up a few trees of known quality/nut size/etc. Nolin River Nut Tree Nursery currently offers ten varieties with an additional two available upon request.

Here is a link that might be useful: Butternuts at Nolin River Nut Tree Nursery

I have a bushel or so of nuts that I can trade for other natives.

www.binghamtonmemorialtree.webs.com

I got mine from the local County Extension Office when they had their spring tree sale. You had to buy in pairs, evidently they are needed to pollinate, though I never checked details.

They were not expensive, of a good size. I just had to drive over and pick them up. Might be worth a call to the County office, get them come spring.

Over the years one never grew, had a poor branching from main stem as I learned more on trees, so I cut it. The other is still not huge, but a nice tree. Not sure how slow growing they really are, or if mine is not 100% happy in his location. Too bad, he is too big to move now.

I do need to get a second one planted so they can produce when old enough. Do remember they have jugalone, like Black Walnuts, so ground plants around the tree base may have poor growth.

Good luck with your Butternuts. They need more good promotion for wider planting interest. Great native tree, which is what attracted me. Had some Butternuts twice on a cake, excellent taste. BUT, they just are not available around here, for love or money!

If anyone wants Butternuts to start from seed, I may have more this fall. Last fall I collected several hundred to help with a U.S. Forest service and Purdue University study. They only wanted a few so I planted some with great succes and now have about 50 small trees. It would be a limited supply to those who want to help keep this tree going.

I might be interested in a half dozen of those butternuts. Is that Dr. Woeste's study you referred to at Purdue? Did the lab analyze the DNA from your tree's leaves, and if so, was it judged to be pure J. cinerea? The samples I submitted got lost somewhere along the line. Right now I just have two seedlings going from different sources.

Cacau

If you are interested I have a butternut tree that should be a pure Butternut strain.I live in E. WI.

I grew the tree from seed collected at least 5miles from the closest city .There are a group of trees that are doing quite well,while the rest of the Butternut trees are dead or dieing.I had offered Dr Woeste nuts or cuttings from that tree but he said he had enough already in his program.
If interested let me know.

lp