Horticulturalists?

rusty6 · Sep 22, 2019

Any horticulturalists know for sure what these are. I think I know but wondered if anybody else might know better what they are and what I can use them for. I picked them off the tree yesterday just in case we get a frost.

Moonlite37 · Sep 22, 2019

Paw-Paw

JayinNY · Sep 22, 2019

Walnuts

kcm.MN · Sep 22, 2019

Doesn't quite look like a Paw-Paw. Do Paw-Paw's even grow that far north?

Can you cut one open and show us a pic? I'm leaning towards some variety of pear.

kcm.MN · Sep 22, 2019

Ah, Jay might have it. Wasn't even thinking about a nut tree.

CBBC · Sep 22, 2019

Either black walnuts or figs. Looking at my phone hard to tell
Grant

rusty6 · Sep 22, 2019

(quoted from post at 19:46:46 09/22/19) Either black walnuts or figs. Looking at my phone hard to tell
Grant

I've been told it is a black walnut tree but this is the first year I can remember seeing these on it. My dad planted it over 20 years ago.

Deere Mark · Sep 22, 2019

I vote for either English walnut or eastern black walnut. The surface of the English walnut is usually smooth as in your picture. The surface of the eastern black walnut is usually like coarse sandpaper.

rusty6 · Sep 22, 2019

(quoted from post at 20:08:04 09/22/19) I vote for either English walnut or eastern black walnut. The surface of the English walnut is usually smooth as in your picture. The surface of the eastern black walnut is usually like coarse sandpaper.

These are actually quite fuzzy like the old tennis balls. Got a unique citrus like smell too when I pulled them off the tree.

JD Seller · Sep 22, 2019

I would guess black walnuts. They often do not produce until they are 7-10 years old. Even then some trees will not produce every year. I think your further north than normal for them so that maybe why you think the tree has not produced since your Father planted it. Black walnut trees can produce up to 150 years. They are a slow growing tree.

Here is a picture of black walnuts and the leaves.

Traditional Farmer · Sep 23, 2019

Don't look like the Black Walnuts on my Walnut trees,run a couple thru a corn sheller that'll pull the husk off from the nut if they are Walnuts.

caterpillar guy · Sep 23, 2019

Our walnuts are round no tips on them like in this picture. Both with the shuck on or off.

Bruce from Can. · Sep 23, 2019

We have them dang weed trees growing all over,
and a big one right in front of our house. Does give
a nice filtered shade, but the trees excrete some
toxins into the soil and not much other than grass
will grow where they are.

flembo · Sep 23, 2019

Looks like Butternut to me.

Dave Westlund · Sep 23, 2019

What you have is butternuts. Walnut nuts are round in shape. I have both trees in my farmstead. I could take a picture with both nuts side by side if you like.

4520BW · Sep 23, 2019

my first guess is pawpaw. he said picked them in case of frost so that sorta rules out nuts, frost will ruin pawpaws. aka Indiana bananas

rusty6 · Sep 23, 2019

(quoted from post at 06:47:00 09/23/19) my first guess is pawpaw. he said picked them in case of frost so that sorta rules out nuts, frost will ruin pawpaws. aka Indiana bananas

After looking at some video of paw paw fruit on youtube I would say no. These I have are more round and a rougher surface. Plus quite hard. I think I would need a knife, axe, or saw to open them up. And I don't know for sure if frost would hurt them but thought I'd bring a few in to save just in case it does.

Ozlander · Sep 23, 2019

Well open one up and see what's inside.

I've never seen a butternut. No nothing about them.

Adirondack case guy · Sep 23, 2019

I agree with Butternuts. Walnuts are rounder and not elongated as the ones in your
pic.---------------Loren

Leroy · Sep 24, 2019

Those are NOT the black walnut we have here in Ohio. I have no idea what they are but not a black walnut.

rusty6 · Sep 24, 2019

After watching this video I am convinced that these I have are black walnut. They are just like mine complete with the leaves and the smell. I
still have not opened one up but will soon.
Black Walnut video

used red MN · Sep 24, 2019

The black walnuts we have in the yard at my childhood farm home in Kansas are more completely
round like others have described and a bit larger then a golf ball. They usually fell off the tree in
late Summer through Fall. Once off the tree in a couple weeks or more the green hulls would dry
and turn black. After several months the hulls would be very dry and loosening from the hard nut
shell. At that point is when we would run them through an old hand crank corn sheller to remove
the outer hull. Then you would have the hard nut left about the size of a US Nickel to an inch plus.
The nut would basically require a hammer or some other mechanical leverage cracker to break it
open. Then you would have to pick the nut meat out of the crevices of the shell. The cracking and
picking usually took place during winter night TV watching. Now as for a butter nut I have no clue.

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