Walnut 'Coble 2'

Bred in Pennsylvania, USA, 'Coble 2' is famous for being a novelty variety that produces exceptionally large, oval nuts—often described as the size of a goose egg. Unlike many oversized walnut varieties that suffer from poorly filled shells, 'Coble 2' fills relatively well, cracks easily, and offers a fine, sweet flavour.

Walnuts are vigorous, hardy, productive trees when planted in the right location. They can grow more than 24” each year, and seedlings will yield nuts 4-8 years after planting. They eventually produce abundant crops of nutritious nuts. Partially self-fertile, but we recommend at least two walnut trees to ensure the best crop.

Protect young trees from wind with a nurse plant, such as Broom.

Why seedlings? Growing seedlings from productive, vigorous parents helps maintain diversity (each seed is a new variety) while drawing on some of the best walnut genetics. In other words, by planting and growing out these trees, you are participating in the breeding new, regionally-adapted walnut varieties! The parents of these seedlings were selected for producing hardy, vigorous, productive, high-quality nuts. We recommend planting several of these trees closer together and selecting your final tree once they've produced their first nuts (4-8 years) so that you can select the most productive trees with the highest-quality nuts.