Description

The Walnut tree is a stately, large shade tree that also produces a generous crop of mild, high-quality nuts. While it requires significant space, it offers multiple benefits: valuable timber, summer shade, and a harvest of easily shelled, light-colored walnuts with a high oil content.

• Produces round nuts with a thin, smooth shell that cracks easily into halves.

• Nutmeat is light in color, high in oil, and has a mild, pleasing flavor, easily removed from the shell.

• A large, self-fruitful, deciduous tree with a broad, spreading canopy and attractive, glossy, pinnate leaves.

• Provides excellent shade and its wood is highly valued for timber.

• Nuts mature and drop in late autumn.

• Can be pruned to maintain a smaller size, though it naturally wants to be large.

Flavor Profile:

• Flavor: Mild, buttery, and slightly sweet with very little bitterness when fresh.

• Texture: Crisp yet slightly oily due to its high fat content.

• Best Uses: Excellent for eating fresh, in baking (cookies, breads), salads, and for making walnut oil.