The walnut tree : tales of growing and uses /
Charles Hulbert-Powell.
- 192 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.--