Chandler
American variety highly appreciated for the great quality and size of its fruit.
Tree of medium vigor and semi-open habit.
Medium-late sprouting and late harvest.
Its outbreak in mid-April facilitates its adaptation to intermediate and even warm Mediterranean climates without neglecting its needs in cold hours.
Fruit of medium size, a moderately ribbed skin and a large grain of very light color (100% “extra light”).
Very attractive fruit for its color and homogeneity with a fine peel that facilitates peeling, but that implies careful handling.
It is considered the quality standard for walnut on a world scale.
The weight of the fruit in this variety is approximately 11.8 grams and the shelling yield is around 49.4.
It is easy to reach large sizes in the juvenile phase despite the high productivity of this variety.
The recommended pollinator is ‘Fernette’ although ‘Franquette’ can also be used.
Howard
Variety of Californian origin, result of the Walnut Improvement Program for fruit of the University of Davis.
It comes from the same cross that gave rise to ‘Chandler’, ‘Pedro’ x ‘UC 56 -224’.
Tree of medium vigor and semi-open bearing, with lateral fruiting in 80% of its buds.
Ideal for intermediate and warm climates, it requires less cold hours than the ‘Chandler’.
A shorter branch than ‘Chandler’ makes it more suitable for narrowing the planting frames a bit.
Large fruit with a moderately ribbed structure, it has a large, light-colored grain (greater than 50% “extra light”).
The average weight of the fruit in this variety is 12.6 g and the shelling yield is around 52.7.
Fruit with a good taste, highly appreciated for consumption in the shell.
Franquette and Chandler pollinators’.Tulare
Variety of Californian origin.
Vigorous tree, very productive and early harvest a week before Chandler.
Walnut of good quality and filling, and large caliber.
High production (72% of female flowers in lateral buds).
Clear fruit when the peel is removed (80% light).
Yield to shelling is around 54%.
Later than Chandler in budding and earlier in harvest.
Does not require pollinatorsIvanhoe
Variety of Californian origin.
Early and moderately vigorous variety.
Used in very dry climates.
It presents a great production and fruiting.
Early harvest, a month before Chandler.
Good color, similar to Chandler.
Oval-shaped, thin-shelled walnuts.
Pollinators Payne and Serr.Lara
French variety.
Tree of semi-open to open growth with weak to medium vigor.
Very productive and precocious, rapid entry into production.
Variety intended for narrow frames.
Fruits with a high caliber.
It provides a large fruit with a strongly ribbed structure, with a large grain size.
Light colored grain (50% extra light).
Fernette pollinator.Fernor
Variety of French origin. Crossing of ‘Franquette’ x ‘Lara.
Tree of medium vigor and semi-erect to erect habit.
It presents a rapid entry into production and high productivity.
Fruits of good size and quality.
Variety with an outbreak at the end of April, recommended for areas with danger of late spring frosts.
Early, sprouting and late harvesting, and with good productivity.
Fruit of excellent quality, of medium size, moderately ribbed structure.
Very light colored fruit (100% of the grain “extra light”).
The first female flowers are pollinated with ‘Fernette’ and ‘Meylannaise’ is reserved for the last.Ferbel
Variety of French origin from a cross between Lara and Chandler.
Very vigorous tree, semi-spreading growth, easy to form.
Early budding.
Good productive potential.
Fruiting on lateral branches.
Beautiful fruit with high quality grains.
Very large caliber 80%. cal 34.
Risk of early frosts.
