Butternut Juglans cinerea

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Botanical Name:

Juglans cinerea

Family:

Juglandaceae

Genus:

Juglans

Species:

cinerea

Common Name:

Butternut

Seeds Per Pound:
39
Quantity:
61.34 lb
Germination:
98%
Germination Test Type:
Cut (Full Seed)
Purity:
99%
Height:
60-90 feet
Collection Locale:
Ohio
Crop Year:
2024
Minimum Hardiness Zone:
4
In Stock: 61.34 lb
Prices
  • Juglans cinerea

Items are priced on a curve, you can buy any 'bulk quantity' up to what we have in stock, some examples are:
1 packet (~ 0 seeds)
$10.95
1 oz (~ 2 seeds)
$10.95
1 lb (~ 39 seeds)
$19.50
1 kg (~ 86 seeds)
$38.00
Growing Info, follow in order:
Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours.
Stratification: cold stratify for 120 days.
Germination: sow 1-2" deep, keep moist, mulch the seed bed, can be sown outdoors in the fall for spring germination.
In a Nutshell:
* It is a deciduous tree growing to 20 m tall, rarely 30 m, and 40–80 cm stem diameter, with light gray bark .
* Butternut grows quickly, but is rather short-lived for a tree, rarely living longer than 75 years. more...
* The seed is eaten raw or ground into a powder and used with cereal flours in making cakes, biscuits, muffins, bread etc. Oily and sweet tasting with a rich agreeable flavour. more...
* Compound leaves, dark green, 2" edible fruit, oily, furrowed dark gray bark, often of rather open habit, with a number of trunks and few internal branches, likes rich moist soil but adapts to drier sites, native to eastern North America