7. Shell
Texture: Smoothly wrinkled
Crackability: Very good, paper thin shell
Separation: Very good to best
Average Wt. Per Nut: 6.9 gm.
8. Kernel
Color: Light tan
Quality: Good, desirable taste
Average Wt. Per Nut: 6.4 gm.
9. Percent Kernel: 54.5%
10. Remarks:
Fairly large, well filled, attractive shape and size with a thin shell. This seedling placed first at the Indiana State Fair and the State Nut Show, 1949. Tree medium in size, planted as one year seedling in 1939. This tree bore 24 pounds of cured nuts in 1949 and has been in good production for 7 years. (Carpathian strain.)
The descriptions given of the two Fateley trees are typical of some of the forty seedlings coming from various parts of Indiana, as shown in the following list.
The distribution of the Persian walnut to the public depends on the ability of the nurserymen to propagate and list the available varieties or unnamed seedlings. There is a great demand and a wonderful opportunity for the hardy Persian walnuts all over the Middle West or where apples will produce, not only for the nutritious fruits but for the ornamental value and for something different.
Indiana Counties with Carpathian Walnuts Under Observation and Test
(North to South and West to East on Map)
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