Prairie Black Walnut Seedling

Prairie Black Walnut SeedlingThese black walnuts are selected from trees thriving in a Manitoba Zone 3 prairie climate. The trees are descendants from those brought up from North Dakota and some of the offspring have even survived in zone 2. The trees have a form suited for nut production and although the nuts are small they do have a flavour similar to other black walnuts: sweet, earthy and slightly bitter from the tannins A little known additional walnut product, besides the

and roughly the size of a pea with a flavour akin to macadamia

but well worth the effort

Harvest: Late September - Early October

Soil: Can tolerate dry conditions and pH of 5

Once mature

Harvest: Fall

Harvest: Mid-October

Sun: Tolerates some shade

but fruit yields are much improved with multiples

Pollinator: Self-fertile but best yields when paired with another swamp white oak for pollination

It has a very pretty

The best way to ensure this wonderful native species survives is to keep planting it and nurturing it to encourage blight resistance