Cool Temperate - Nut Plants

Nut Trees 2011-2012

ALMONDS

Robijn - Dutch bred, soft-shelled, late blooming, missing frosts; crops well.
late blooming, missing frosts; crops well.

Ingrid - reliable variety with good leaf curl resistance. Ripens September.

CHESTNUTS - These are all Marron types giving 1 large useful nut per cluster rather than a mass of small ones. £29.00

Maraval Precocious, compact and partly self-fertile new variety, cropping mid-season.
new variety, cropping mid-season.

Marigoule Early vigorous variety with large nuts, more self-fertile than Maraval.

Marlhac Early mid season; large mahogany-red nuts that store well. Vigorous tree, a hybrid between the European and an Asian species.

Marsol Early-mid season, large nuts that store well. Good resistance to wet soil diseases, so a good choice for wet sites.

COBS & FILBERTS - £14.00 - not updated for 2011/12 yet


Butler	Large nut,strongly flavoured, good texture, heavy crop.
Corabel - sold out	Vigorous, good yield, large nuts, resists bacterial blight. Mid /late.
Cosford	Large nut, very thin shell, good flavour, good pollinator, moderate growth.
Emoa -sold out	New Dutch variety, precocious; large round nuts.
Ennis	Very large well-flavoured nut, compact bush, needs staking, modest yield. Quality but not quantity.
Gunselbert	Medium/large nut, good flavour; high yield; low vigour, shallow roots; abundant long catkins.
Gustaaf Zeller - sold out	Vigorous early variety, small nuts, good yield
Geant de Halle (Halls Giant)	Very large nut & good flavour; needs good drainage & a warm site. Offer price £7.00
Kentish Cob	Large well-flavoured nuts. The UK commercial variety. Pollinators: Nottingham or Cosford.
Lang Tidling Zeller - sold out	High-performing German variety, good yields.
Louis Berger	Mid season. Large well flavoured nut; square-shouldered and tapering to a point. Vigorous.
Nottingham Cob	Medium sized nut, thick shell; good flavour & yield; excellent pollinator. Young plants £7.00
Purple Leaved	Purple foliage, good ornamental; moderate yield of high quality nuts.
Redskinned Filbert	Ancient variety with red skin on the kernels. Good flavour, late catkins, slender shoots.
Tonda di Giffoni - sold out	Italian, mid/late, medium/high yield, large round nut, good flavour, very resistant to Bud Mite.
Webb's Prize Cob	Large long nuts, similar to Kentish Cob but larger clusters; good in north. Young plants £7.00
White Filbert	Medium sized, thin-shelled nut, pale skin on kernel. Excellent flavour, compact bush, suits north.

Turkish Hazel - Corylus colurna - more tree like than Common Hazel, and less multi-stemmed and suckering. Abundant small nuts used for flavouring and oil. 45-60 cms. £4.00 sold out

TRAZEL - hybrid between Common and Turkish hazels, tall and non-suckering, heavy crops of nuts that fall freely from the frilly husks. Pollinated by other hybrids or either parent. £36.00

Chinoka - Early, heavy crops of medium nuts, ample catkins so a good pollinator.

Freeoka - named after its free falling heavy crops of nuts.

GINKGO BILOBA - Maidenhair Tree - 'Living Fossil' with edible nuts on female plants and many herbal uses. Unsexed young plants @ £8.00

NUT PINE or STONE PINE @ £8.00

Pinus pinea 45 - 75cm.

Larger sizes available - 125-150 cms and 2oo.cms.

Grows well most areas, ornamental blue-grey young leaves, and seems to crop at about 8 years old in the UK.

WALNUT - Juglans regia £40.00

Broadview	Compact tree, good yields of large, quality nuts late in season. Self-fertile & precocious. Probably the best choice for a single tree in a UK garden. Canada.
Buccaneer	Healthy robust tree, abundant round nuts, particularly good for pickling. Self-fertile. Holland.
Excelsior of Taynton	Rare old English variety from Somerset, with good quaity nuts.
Franquette	Vigorous, thin shelled quality large nuts, late season, pollinated by Broadview. France.
Lara	French. Good crops of early, large nuts, compact tree. Best pollinator Franquette.
N0.16	Good sized kernel, heavy yields; late leafing helps it miss frosts.
Plovdivski	Bulgarian tree for large nuts and timber, Blight resistant.
Proslavski	Bulgarian strain for large quality nuts. Resistant to blight. Vigorous.
Rita	Compact variety, heavy crops, thin shelled nuts, partially self-fertile; super hardy.

Juglans regia - Common Walnut seedlings 60 - 90 cms. £3.00