The Carpathian English Walnut grows in acidic, alkaline, drought
tolerant, loamy, moist, sandy, well drained, clay soils. A
popular tree for its dual role of food and shade provider. The
flavorful walnuts are easy to shell and a favorite for eating
fresh and baking. It is a fast growing, stately tree with
strong, sturdy branches that form a spreading crown for dense
shade. This cultivar is well adapted for cold climates. Can be
planted as a nut-bearing landscape tree. Nuts are thin-shelled,
easy to open. Tree's crown is rounded, spreading and open.
Prefers deep, dry, light loamy soils. Avoid wet or poor subsoil.
Grows 40' to 60', 40'-60' spread. (Partially self-fertile, plant
multiple trees to ensure pollination) (zones 5-9) The thin shell
of the Carpathian walnut makes the kernel more available to
wildlife that the harder shelled native black walnut. The word
walnut is a derivative of the "Gaul nut." Gaul, the former name
for France, was one of the places to which this Persian tree
spread at the end of the I