Juglans hopeiensis seed

LATIN NAME: Juglans hopeiensis

COMMON NAME: Hopei Walnut

The Hopei walnut opens the wide, bold canopy of the long, pinnate leaves, the sturdy trunk standing at the heart of the old orchard, and the whole tree carries the fine, solid look of the old hills. The sturdy, deciduous tree carries the long, odd-pinnate leaves with the many large, pointed leaflets, and the small, greenish flowers in the slender catkins through the late spring, one of the solid, quiet sights of the old orchard, drawing the bees, to be followed by the round, hard-shelled nuts in the thick, green husks. The hard-shelled nuts have a very long record in the old practice of the cool lands, and the tree is a historic presence of the old orchard. It is a tree of the open, sunny, deep, rich, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The Hopei walnut is a historic subject of the plant science, and the hard-shelled nuts keep showing up in the work on the nut trees. The way the round nuts with the thick, hard shells form inside the green husks has been studied at length, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the nut trees, the pinnate leaves and the members of the walnut family. The thick shells and the sturdy habit have also made it a fine study tree, and the Hopei walnut is a regular subject of the work on the hard-shelled nuts of the cool world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The Hopei walnut is a solid, useful tree of the old orchard and the study collection. The long, odd-pinnate leaves with the many large, pointed leaflets carry the solid look of the old orchard, one of the solid, quiet sights of the old orchard, drawing the bees, and the hard-shelled nuts have a very long record in the old practice of the cool lands, the fine, thick-shelled nuts coming to the old craft and the steady hands of the old workshops, while the small, greenish flowers in the slender catkins open through the late spring, to be followed by the round, hard-shelled nuts in the thick, green husks. It is one of the fine choices for the old orchard, the specimen lawn and the study collection, and it has been written up in the horticultural and the botanical papers for the hard shells and the very long history. It is a solid, useful tree of the open, sunny, deep, rich, well-drained garden.

The walnut seeds need the cold, damp spell of the winter to wake, then they push up steadily in the spring. The young trees are sturdy and quick once they root, and they take the deep, rich, well-drained ground of the open garden well.

To grow the Hopei walnut from seed, sow the plump seeds singly in the deep pot of gritty, sandy soil, water well, then keep the pot in a bright, sheltered spot through the cold months. The seedlings push up in the spring, and they grow on steadily. With the sun and the deep, rich, well-drained ground, the broad canopy will spread over the years.