Walnut

Looking into usefullness in Barrington Il - 2011-09-06-LocalWalnuts

A neighbor said they tried peeling/drying and found it to be a time-consuming and smelly mess.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walnut

http://homecooking.about.com/od/nuts/a/walnutvariety.htm

Illinois http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/vista/html_pubs/NUTGROW/nuthome.html

• It sounds like these must be Black Walnut-s.
  • There are multiple varieties of Black Walnut.
• Harvesting http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/vista/html_pubs/NUTGROW/harvest.html

There are 37 varieties of walnuts grown in California. However, four varieties account for over 80 per cent of total production: Chandler, Hartley, Payne and Serr.

Another California example: http://ccloveneighbors.blogspot.com/2007/10/walnut-varieties.html

I could make Noix or Nocino liqueur with the Green Walnut-s. Supposedly they're harvested on Jun24 in Italy, mid-July in France. Is early-September too late in Illinois? I guess the test is to cut through one and see that there's no hard shell grown yet?

• Looks a bit overly formed to me: http://twitpic.com/6hyfs9