{"id":1580,"date":"2022-11-29T19:01:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T00:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildlifenurseries.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=1580"},"modified":"2026-03-22T22:46:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T02:46:48","slug":"blight-resistant-chestnuts-castanea-mollisssima-hybrids","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/wildlifenurseries.com\/?product=blight-resistant-chestnuts-castanea-mollisssima-hybrids","title":{"rendered":"Blight Resistant Chestnuts (Castanea mollisssima\/hybrids)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1580\" class=\"elementor elementor-1580\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d486aca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d486aca\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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