11 Year Old Heartnut Tree

Heartnut Trees: a developing commercial market for heartnuts is on the rise. Taste is similar to a English walnut and butternut flavor. The heartnut is a Japanese walnut with spreading growth habits. Shells crack out easily and in halves, nuts develop in clusters of 5 to 10 per pod, grafted trees bears in 3 to 4 years. Zone 5 to 9
2 to 3 feet tall (Small) $24.00

• Jewel Box Heartnut- This cultivar of Heartnut was developed in Kentucky. It has a very large nut, and is a good producer; steady cropping every year that late frost isn’t a problem. Discovered by the late W.C. Donoho of Louisville Kentucky, selected by Fred Blankenship.  

• Char - First year introduction produces a very large nut. Selected in Korea and imported, it has been grown here for several years. Tree is a very vigorous grower and precocious with thin shell and high ratio of kernel to shell crack out. Trees have an upright growth habit that is desired for planting in a yard setting. Nut is heart-shaped and fills well.