Walnut

“Walnut is a genus comprising seven or eight species of beautiful trees. The common walnut is a native of Persia and the Himalayas, but has long been cultivated in all parts of the S. of Europe. The date of its introduction is unknown, but it was certainly cultivated by the Romans in the reign of Tiberius. It is a lofty tree of 60 to 90 feet, with large spreading branches. The leaves have two to four pairs of leaflets, and a terminal one."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Keywords

walnut genus comprising eight species, common walnut native persia and himalayas, walnut tree cultivated romans tiberius, wallnut, wall nut, wal nut

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Source

Everybody's Cyclopedia (New York, NY: Syndicate Publishing Company, 1912)

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