When will walnuts mature and come on the market?

Walnuts will ripen in July. The fruit maturity of walnut varies with climatic conditions and varieties, and the maturity difference between early-maturing varieties and late-maturing varieties is generally around 10 to 25 days. Generally speaking, the maturity of the northern region is mostly from early September to mid-September, and the southern region will be relatively early, around July.

Introduction to walnut:

Walnut, also known as walnut and peach, belongs to Juglandaceae. Together with almonds, cashews and hazelnuts, it is known as the world-famous "four dried fruits". Walnut kernel is rich in nutrition, with more fat and carbohydrate per 100g protein 15 ~ 20g. It is one of the nut foods deeply loved by ordinary people.

Generally, it is as high as 3-5 meters, with grayish white bark, shallow longitudinal crack, flaky pith and thin tips of young branches (2-year-old branches are often hairless). There are also 20-25 meters high, with shorter trunks and wider crowns than other species. Bark is grayish green when young, grayish white when old, and shallow longitudinally. Branchlets glabrous, shiny, peltate glands, grayish green, and later brownish.

The pinnate compound leaves are 25 ~ 50 cm long, with 5 ~ 9 leaflets and rare 13 leaflets. Oval-ovoid to ovoid, terminal leaflets are usually larger, 5 ~15cm long and 3 ~ 6cm wide, with acute or acuminate apex, rounded or wedge-shaped base and sometimes heart-shaped. Entire or with inconspicuous blunt teeth, the surface is dark green, hairless, the back is only slightly hairy at the axils of veins, the petiole is extremely short or absent, and some shells are hard and some are soft.