Turkish Hazel » Burgundy truffle

Do you want to grow Burgundy truffles and are you looking for the most suitable plants for this production? Or perhaps you simply want to add new plants to your truffle orchard that will produce this famous autumn truffle appreciated for its taste? Thanks to its undeniable truffle vocation, the Turkish (or Byzantine) hazelnut tree could well meet your expectations and prove to be the perfect truffle plant to develop your truffle orchard! 
 

A Turkish hazelnut tree suitable for producing Burgundy truffles

This Turkish hazel truffle plant is obtained after controlled and certified mycorrhization of a Turkish hazel tree (Corylus colurna) with Burgundy truffle spores (Tuber uncinatum). The tree obtained is ready to be planted in your truffle field. It will produce its first truffles within 4 to 5 years.

In order to meet your expectations, our Turkish hazel truffle plants, mycorhized with the Burgundy truffle, are available in 4 sizes of cups:
- in anti-chignon® R430 cup of 0.43 liters
- in anti-chignon® R600 cup of 0.6 liters
- in anti-chignon® R1.5L cup of 1.5 liters
- in R3L container (volume of 3 liters)
  

Truffle production capacity of the Byzantine hazelnut tree

The Byzantine hazelnut tree (Corylus Colurna) is a natural producer of truffles. Hardy and vigorous, it adapts to all soils, but prefers dry ones. Although not very demanding, it is best to avoid planting it on land that is too deep and rich, which would encourage it to develop too quickly. It does not mind hot summers, nor cold winters and frost (down to -30°C). If in its natural state, it can be found in the mountains, in truffle growing, it should not be planted above 1400 meters of altitude and should be given a good exposure (full sun). Precocious, the Byzantine hazelnut tree can give its first Burgundy truffles from the 4th or 5th year.
Compared to the common hazelnut tree, the Byzantine hazelnut tree has an advantage, but also a disadvantage:
- it is monocultured (it grows around a single trunk), which greatly reduces pruning work,
- on the other hand, its very hard-shelled nuts are of mediocre quality.
  

About the Burgundy truffle (Tuber uncinatum)

This is likely the most common edible truffle variety in Europe. This autumn truffle is distinguished by its black exterior (peridium). Inside, the flesh is dark brown. And it is distinguished by its very present white veins. The Burgundy truffle is an edible mushroom prized for its delicate flavors. As its vernacular name suggests, the Burgundy truffle was historically found mainly in east-central France. While it has since spread very widely well beyond this region, in France, Burgundy, Champagne, and Lorraine and Alsace remain the regions favored by Tuber uncinatum.

The Robin hazel truffle plants

Our truffle hazel plants are produced in our laboratories under the control and license of INRAE. These plants are then pampered for many months in our nurseries. Quality plants, carefully selected, it is the guarantee to obtain a good yield after only a few years.

The plants raised in ROBIN ANTI-CHIGNON® buckets are subject to a guarantee of recovery in the event of failure to recover more than 20% of the plants delivered. Under this guarantee, the seller undertakes to replace free of charge the defective plants during the season following the actual observation by the seller of the defective delivered plants.