BLACK WALNUT (Juglans nigra)     

Prized as the most valuable timber species in the Eastern U.S., black walnuts also produce fine-flavored nut kernels, high in polyunsaturated oils. All of our varieties have been selected for easy cracking and anthracnose resistance. These grafted varieties yield 3 or 4 times as much available kernel as do average wild trees which yield about 10% kernel. Trees reach 60-70' high with a rounded crown and trees planted at 25' spacing should eventually be thinned to 50' apart. Grafted trees bear in 4-6 yrs.

DANIELS MO. 1978. Medium sized nut with a very thin shell. Cracks out easy with 40% kernel of high quality. Heavy producer in Wilmoth's grove, excellent Ohio Valley variety.

EMMA KAY IL. Thin shell, excellent cracker, heavy producer, 30 nuts per lb., 36% kernel; outstanding variety.    

NEEL 1 WV. 1990. Thin shelled variety, kernel cracks out easily, excellent quality, about 30 nuts per pound, 35% kernel. SOLD OUT 2012

POUNDS 2  IND. 1985    Very large nut with very high kernel % near 50 %.  KY State Fair Sweepstakes winner. SOLD OUT 2012.

RIDGEWAY IL. 1984. Large nut, 35% kernel, heavy bearing, 2 time winner Ky. State Fair, anthracnose resistant.

ROWHER   IA. 1926. 35% kernel. Light kernels crack out easily, 20-25 nuts per lb. Early maturing. 

SAUBER 1 OH. 1970. Large nut with light colored high quality kernel, about 39%. Nut separates clean from the outer hull. Excellent production, about 20-25 nuts per pound.  

SURPRISE MO. 33% kernel, 26 nuts per lb. Fills well, cracks out in quarters. Performs well in Missouri.

THOMAS MYERS    MO. 1980. Very large nut (20 lb.), 38% kernel, cracks out easily, thin shell. Bears early, annually, and heavily. Late vegetating. Anthracnose resistant. Best Ohio Valley and Southern variety. 

Other varieties sometimes available:  Clermont,   Elmer Myers, Farrington, Football 2, Krause, Lamb's Curly, Sauber 2,  Schrieber, Sparrow, Stabler, Thomas, Vandersloot.

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