Neilson
Variety of Shagbark hickory · Carya ovata
Cold-tolerant Canadian selection with medium-to-large, well-cracking nuts.
8
3
5🇨🇦 Canada 1932
Taste & characteristics
Taste
nuttysweet
Profile
- Parentage
- Carya ovata Selektion (Ontario)
- Breeder
- J. H. Corsan (benannt nach Jas Neilson, Waterford, Ontario)
- Fruit weight
- 7 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium-to-large nuts that crack fairly well and fall free of the husk.
Growth
Suited to colder regions; originates near Waterford in far southern Ontario.
Yield
Reliable yields in northern climates; early autumn harvest.
Notes
Named in 1932 by J. H. Corsan for Jas Neilson of Waterford, Ontario.
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