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Variety of Shagbark hickory · Carya ovata
Cracking-contest winner with an exceptional kernel yield up to 47%.
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5🇺🇸 USA 1930
Taste & characteristics
Taste
nuttysweet
Profile
- Parentage
- Carya ovata Selektion (Pennsylvania)
- Fruit weight
- 6 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Nut with outstanding shell-cracking quality; select trees reach up to 47% kernel.
Growth
Proven standard cultivar for north-eastern growing.
Yield
Regular yields; nuts harvested in early autumn.
Notes
Won a cracking contest held by the Pennsylvania Nut Growers Association.
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