Flowering and Fruit Characteristics of Black Walnuts: A Tool for Identifying and Selecting Cultivars

Higbee Mill

• Budbreak
  May 4
• Average first pistillate bloom date
  May 17
• Mean pistillate bloom date
  May 27
• First pollen shed date
  May 25
• Flower type
  Protogynous
• Season length
  131 days
• Harvest date
  Oct. 2