well, it appears I have failed in getting them to sprout. Yesterday I cut some of the nuts open and they definitively are bad. I guess I kept them too long before starting to get them to grow. I went back to the trees to get more seed but the chickens have eaten all that have fallen. Who would have to known.
To the ones that have sent their address, I am sorry. With your permission I will copy and save the the list of addresses and start again next year. But I will process them properly before sending.
Again I am sorry, I was looking forward to spreading the trees around the country.