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English Walnut Tree
Juglans regia 'Carpathian'
Photo courtesy of Purdue University - Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Department.
Photo courtesy of Purdue University - Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Department.
Walnuts have been recognized as the oldest tree food known to man, dating back to about 7000 B.C. Considered food for the gods in the early days of Rome, walnuts were named "Juglans regia" in honor of Jupiter. Today, they are commonly called "English" walnuts, in reference to the English merchant marines whose ships once transported the product for trade to ports around the world.
English walnuts, also called Persian walnuts, are the most familiar type. They are native to Asia and Europe; California is now the major world producer. The shells of English walnuts are relatively easy to crack with a nutcracker, and the halves of the nut kernel can usually be removed in one piece.
English Walnuts can be grown throughout most of the United States. Zones 5-10
Leaf: Alternate, pinnately compound with 5 to 7 (occasionally 9) leaflets, to 12 to 18 inches long, leaflets are ovate to obovate with entire or sometimes finely serrated margins, to 5 inches long, rachis is stout, terminal leaflets the largest; purple-brown when developing, shiny green when mature, very aromatic when crushed.
Flower: Monoecious; males are single-stemmed catkins to 6 inches; females in clusters of 3-9, with or just after the leaves.
Fruit: Round nut, to 2 inches in diameter; husk is moderate and indehiscent, initially bright green but turning brown, nut is relatively thin and smooth with a few shallow furrows; flesh is creamy white to light brown, sweet, oily (edible); matures in fall.
Twig: Stout, light brown, with a buff-colored chambered pith, terminal buds are large, broadly pointed, often paired and pubescent, lateral buds are much smaller, pre-formed male catkins often in axils of leaves, leaf scar 3-lobed.
Bark: Light, ashey gray, with flattened ridges, developing a striking diamond shaped pattern.
Form: Generally to 60 feet, with an equally wide spread crown; obvious stout twigs
English Walnut Trees... The trees are between 12" and 24" tall when shipped... And shipped Bare Root...
Shipping and planting times are winter and spring months. Please choose from following months: November thru April. But we will make exceptions with limited warranties due to heat during shipping.
And, any tree shipped during normal green and growth months ...which is May through October is going to arrive with brown, burned leaves. They will recover and go green again, but they are going to look dead on arrival.
PRICING AS FOLLOWS:
2 English Walnut Trees = $12.95 plus $9.50 s/h.
10 English Walnut Trees = $33.95 plus $12.50 s/h.
25 English Walnut Trees = $49.95 plus $20.00 s/h.
50 English Walnut Trees = $89.95 plus $25.00 s/h.
100 English Walnut Trees = $178.00 plus $32.50 s/h.
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