On 2013-10-31 09:44:18 +0000, Emery Davis said:

On Wed, 30 Oct 2013 23:03:35 +0000, Sacha wrote:

Our own fairly young tree produced about 30 walnuts and we had some
today. Normally, I'm not mad about walnuts because they dry my mouth
and can irritate my throat. But these were white and sweet and
delicious. A treat!

Hi Sacha,

Fresh walnuts are nothing like dried, delicious indeed!

How long did it take your tree to start fruiting? We've planted 2 over
the years, the first only has a few after 20 years. (In fairness it was
nibbled nearly to the graft by deer shortly after planting. My fault.)
The second was a larger pole stage planted in 03, it just sat there for 8
years, with a few leaves but no stem growth. The past couple of years it
is starting to put on some size, but no signs of fruit yet.

-E

I'll have to check when this one went in, if any of us can remember.
It's probably about 15' or so tall though. It had about a dozen nuts
on it last year so it's definitely improving. Like you, my parents
found that one they planted took a long time to fruit and I think
that's pretty normal. If anyone remembers about ours, I'll post it.
--

Sacha
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South Devon
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