Juglans regia

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Disclaimer: The species, cultivars and hybrids in this database have been carefully chosen for their good qualities for food forests. They do not mean instant success. Food forestry is still a young field in which it is a core value to put the right plant in the right place and to focus on great diversity.

Cultivars

Cultivar	Growth vigour	Leafing out	Plant reproductive fertility	Natural occurrence / domestication	Frost tolerance (flowers)	Pest and disease susceptibility	Productivity - start (yield) - maximum	Productivity - peak (yield) - maximum	Harvesting period - start	Harvesting period - length	Size edible parts	Form of consumption
Broadview	Weak	Average	Partially self-fertile		Mild frost	Sensitive, Resistant	High	High, Very high	Mid october	Several weeks
Fernette	Average	Late	Self sterile	Europe (south)		Resistant		High	End of october	Several weeks	Large
Fernor	Average		Self sterile	Europe (south)		Resistant		High, Very high	End of october	Several weeks	Large
Kwanten nr 22	Average		Self-fertile (sf)			Very resistant		High	Early september	Several weeks
Lara	Weak, Strong		Self sterile	Europe (south)		Sensitive, Resistant		High, Very high	Mid october	Several weeks	Large	Fresh
Mars	Average, Strong		Self-fertile (sf)	Europe (east)	Mild frost	Resistant		High	Mid october	Several weeks	Large

Rootstocks

Rootstock	Genes	Pest and disease susceptibility
seedling	Juglans regia	Very resistant, Sensitive

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