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CHANDLER

• Introduced in 1979 by the University of California.
• Bud break, 18 days after PAYNE
• Fruit of excellent quality and large size. Grain very white. Tree moderately vigorous and semi-upright.
• Very productive, with 80-90% in lateral buds
• Late harvest
• Pollinator: Franquette and Fernette

HOWARD

• 15 days after PAYNE
• Fruit of excellent quality, very white grain, with 80-90% of production in lateral buds.
• Shortly vigorous, requires intensive plantation.
• Collecting five days before Chandler.
• Pollinator: Franquette and Fernette

SERR

• Classic old variety in USA
• Large fruit, good quality and very white
• Extremely vigorous tree, which requires large plantation frame.
• Sprouting very early (same as Payne), so typical problem in areas prone to frost.
• Early harvest. Up to 20 days before Chandler in certain climates.

TULARE

• Bud burst 12 days after payne. Late flowering.
• Vigorous and quite self-fertile.
• Large fruit.
• 70% flowering in lateral buds

FORDE (UC95-26-37)

• Introduced in 2004 by the University of California.
• Young trees are very productive. Collection five days before Chandler.
• 100% flowering lateral shoots.
• budding 10 days before Chandler
• Rounded and white grain
• Intermiediate Vigor, between Gillet and Sexton.

GILLET (UC95-22-26)

• Excellent production in young trees. Collecting 10-20 days before Chandler
• Side 100% bloom. The female flower appears before the male, so precise pollinators, which can be Serr or Sexton.
• GGillet is the most vigorous of the new varieties..
• Very large and oblong fruit.
• Budbrake a week or more before Chandler.

SEXTON  (UC90-31-10)

• Introduced in 2004 by the University of California
• Very productive on young trees. Bud break a week before Chandler
• 100% flowering side shoots. Protoandros Variety (The male flowers appear before the female). Tulare and Chandler Pollinators
• Rounded fruit. Good grain quality
• Medium vigor, suitable for intensive plantations
• Long branhes, thus requiring have pruning

SUNDLAND

• Introduced in 1979 by the University of California.
• Sprouting two days after Payne. Very productive
• Moderately vigorous tree as an adult, and good effect when young
• Medium or late harvest

IVANHOE (95-11-14) 

• Excellent fruit quality. Very early harvesting (as Serr), almost a month before Chandler
• Early production. 100% lateral flowering
• Sprouting as Serr, but because they appear before the female flowers, they do so a week before Serr.
• Serr is a good pollinator.
• Reduced tree vigor. Requires an excellent treatment.

R. LIVERMORE (91-75-15)

• Variety from the University of Davis, obtained in 1991 and registered in 2001.
• Its main feature is the red color of the grain.
• Obtained by a crossing of Chandler, which retains many features.
• Sprouting while Chandler (20 days after Payne).
• Flowering on 23/4 amd peak flowering on 26.04 (in California).
• Harvest a week before Chandler.
• 90% production on side shootsde producción en brotes laterales.
• Rounded fruit.
• Sensitive bacteriosis.

HARTLEY

• Classic variety
• Medium/Late harvest
• Excellent quality fruit
• Sprounting 16 days after Payne
• Large fruit and characteristic shape
• Medium tree vigor
• ery little production in lateral buds
• Slow entry into production

FRANQUETTE

• Classic French variety. It is the basis of almost all French plantations. It is the noix de Perigord.
• Very late budding.
• Fruit of excellent quality
• Slow entry into production and not very abundant.
• Flowering onto terminal buds.
• Currently used as pollinator but is a high cold demanding variety so in warm areas it doesn't produce catkins.
• Bacteriosis sensitive

FERNETTE

• French variety, obtained by crossing Franquette and Lara, in 1978 half Vigor and semi-erect growth habit.
• Late budding and reduced susceptibility to anthracnose and bacteriosis.
• Large globular fruit. Fragile shell.
• Good productivity.
• Late harvest
• Very good pollinator for Lara and Chandler.
• Sprounting at the end of april

FERNOR

• French variety, same origin as Fernette
• Very similar characteristics
• More elongated fruit
• Sprounting in early May and late flowering.
• Moderately susceptible to anthracnose and becteriosis
• late harves

LARA

• French variety, adapted especially to the market for fresh walnut, for its large size and early maturity
• Rapid entry into production and abundant flowering side shoots.
• late budding.
• early harvest.

FEROUETTE

• French variety, obtained by INRA, from Franquette and Chandler.
• Superior vigor than Franquette.
• short or medium sensitive to bacteriosis.
• Average productivity higher than Franquette.
• Rounded fruit and good quality.
• Early harvest

FERADAM

• French variety, provenance INRA, from Adams 10 and Chandler
• Vigor tree below Franquette.
• Sparse branching, with vigorous shoots.
• Open structure, allowing a good training center axis.
• Very rapid entry into production
• Moderately sensitive to bacteriosis and sensitive to anthracnosis
• Large fruit and harvest the same time than Lara
• Sprounting two days before Lara

FERTIGNAT

• French variety, obtained from Ronda de Montignat and Chandler.
• budding identical Ronda de Montignat.
• Abundant in young male flowering trees.
• Flowering the same date as Ronda de Montignat.
• Harvest between Lara and Franquette.
• Good productivity.
• Excellent pollinator for Franquette and Lara.

FERALE

• French variety obtained from Chandler y Lara.
• Sprounting as Chandler and 10 days before Lara.
• Not sensitive to antracnosis and medium sensitive to bacteriosis.
• Very productive.
• Good caliber
• Fruit ripening a few days after Lara.

Resumen de las variedades mas comunes en California