Ordering / Availability
Trees inoculated with French black truffles (Tuber melanosporum):
Corylus avellana: the common European hazelnut
The first and most widely planted tree species inoculated
with French black truffles. Hazelnuts are small, easy to grow trees
known for producing truffles in as little as three years after planting
and generally, to produce truffles several years earlier than oaks
or other, longer lived hosts. They also produce excellent edible nuts
that can be harvested along with the truffles from the same trees
(see
faq's page).
Among the best hosts for truffles, particularly in
warmer and dryer climates. Holly oaks are beautiful evergreen live
oaks common in Mediterranean Europe, and widely used to cultivate
truffles in Spain.
Quercus pubescens: downy oak
An excellent host for truffles, both in natural forests
and in plantations. Downy oaks are relatively small, deciduous trees
used widely and successfully in France and Italy as hosts for black
and white truffles.
Please contact us for other tree species, trees inoculated with Italian
white truffles (Tuber magnatum) or Oregon white truffles
(Tuber gibbosum). We can also obtain fresh or frozen truffles.
Please contact us for availability.
New World Truffieres is sold out of its 2010 crop of truffle trees. We remain available for consulting, and recommend that growers considering larger scale commercial truffle farming operations contact us to start what is often a long site evaluation and planning process.
