The walnut tree : tales of growing and uses / Charles Hulbert-Powell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hulbert-Powell, Charles, 1952- author.

Contributor:

Beverly Bennett Rutstein CW'50 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Walnut.

Walnut--Utilization.

Walnut industry.

Cooking (Walnuts).

Physical Description:

192 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Norwich : Unicorn Press, 2019.

Summary:

The author offers practical advice on choosing from the different varieties of walnut trees available; planting, maintaining and pruning; improving the soil, harvesting and storing nuts. He describes the uses of walnuts, as food and for oil, and explains the history of the walnut's cultivation round the world. The uses of the timber (including veneers, gun stocks, luxury car dashboards and furniture) are described and illustrated, and there are chapters on the nutritional value of the walnut and ideas and recipes for making the most of this versatile food. A further chapter illustrates how the walnut has appeared in art, sometimes symbolically, over the centuries.--INSIDE FLAP.

Contents:

Tree planting

The walnut grove

Farm animals to benefit the trees

The enemies of the walnut tree

Walnut varieties

The black walnut

Trees in other parts of the world ; diseases

The timber

The walnut and the manufacture of guns

The leaf and the nut

The summer and husbandry

The ripe walnuts

French and other walnut growers

Cracking the nut and preparing for sale

Walnut oil

Walnuts as food

The autumn and winter

The health issue

Art and the walnut.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Beverly Bennett Rutstein CW'50 Fund.

ISBN:

1911604570

9781911604570

OCLC:

1019612961

Publisher Number:

99981835498