Walnut and Black Walnut Lumber?

Maybe. Black Walnut is certainly Walnut and Walnut could be Black Walnut. Black Walnut is also known as American Walnut. There are many different kinds of Walnut.

Can get a bit different walnut if you're getting old orchard stock. They graft English on Black Walnut roots. Black walnut is the basically inedible nuisance that produces such wonderful purple/red/brown wood.

Sun, Nov 21, 2004, 1:49pm george@least (George) burbled: Black walnut is the basically inedible nuisance

Inedible? Nuisance? You don't know what you're talking about.

JOAT Measure twice, cut once, swear repeatedly.

Um which of the woods is edible? LOL

Ya beat me to it JOAT. SWMBO would kill for some of them for cooking(nut bread, etc.) They *are* a pain in the butt to collect, remove the husks, and then they take a long time drying. Finally, they are REALLY miserable to crack & get the meat out(many nooks & crannies inside that shell, meat comes out in tiny pieces)!

Thanks.

I bought about 150B/F mix lengths and widths "old Walnut" from a woodworker who gave up the trade sometime back. Some of them are dark, light brown while others are mix brown and dark. My question is, am I correct to say it's "Black Walnut" without misrepresentation?

Further, can I applying Hydrogen Peroxide on the light brown walnut to dark darken the surfaces?

I believe that there is another type of Walnut that comes from California but most likely you probably have Black Walnut as its color does vary from piece to piece and in many cases on each board.

I know that some mills will process walnut differently to even out the wild color variances but I am clueless as what HP will do for you. Since HP is relative cheap and available try some on a scrap piece and see what happens.

Black walnut is the fruit, and it poisons and messes the ground with husks and shells,contains meat which is almost impossible to get out of the shell, and has a bitter taste.

That's why we grow the "English" walnut - to eat.

Yeah, right.

Yeah, I was just jerking your chain... ;~)

"George" wrote in news:41a10471$1 snipped-for-privacy@newspeer2.tds.net:

Uneconomic. Difficult to farm. Highly prized for cooking and flavorings.

And there's one maybe 80 ft tall, in my nephew's yard, that will likely need to come down next year. I've already got the sawyer lined up. ;-)

Patriarch

"Leon" wrote in news:_n7od.22724$ snipped-for-privacy@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com:

Make haste slowly.

Patriarch

"patriarch snipped-for-privacy@nospam.comcastDOTnet" "George" wrote in news:41a10471$1 snipped-for-privacy@newspeer2.tds.net:

He is talking about the nut vs. the actual wood.

Yeah, Claro Walnut was what I was trying to remember.

It's still considered Black Walnut,.IIRC.

I got about 150bf of the stuff sitting in my shop waiting on me to get off my duff and build a couple of tables and some trivets for Christmas.

No, I think Claro is different animal. From my understanding it is found mainly in California.

Sun, Nov 21, 2004, 3:45pm snipped-for-privacy@madbbs.com (Norman=A0D.=A0Crow) says: Ya beat me to it JOAT. SWMBO would kill for some of them for cooking(nut bread, etc.) They *are* a pain in the butt to collect, remove the husks, and then they take a long time drying. Finally, they are REALLY miserable to crack & get the meat out(many nooks & crannies inside that shell, meat comes out in tiny pieces)!

We always put 'em out in the driveway (gravel) and ran over them for a few days, the picked them up, put in in one of theose net orange bags, and hung that in the garage for awhile. We used a hammer and a chunk of railroad track to crack them, then a nut pick. Very tasty tho.

JOAT Measure twice, cut once, swear repeatedly.

Sun, Nov 21, 2004, 4:16pm george@least (George) Black walnut is the fruit, and it poisons and messes the ground with husks and shells,contains meat which is almost impossible to get out of the shell, and has a bitter taste. That's why we grow the "English" walnut - to eat.

Actually, I believe it's a nut, not a fruit. I never saw it "poisoning" the ground. If we didn't get out there and get the nuts when they fell, the squirrels did, and left no husks or shells around. The meat is no problem getting out, once you've got the nut cracked, you just need a nut pick. I've never experienced any bitter taste.

I would imagine the reason "English" walnuts are grown is because there's more profit from them, it sure isn't the taste, they're the last nut I'd choose. Also, they're much easier to crack - I usually just take two at a time, squueze them in my hands, and crack one. I don't much care for their taste tho; plus, I find they often taste slightly bit bitter.

JOAT Measure twice, cut once, swear repeatedly.

Mon, Nov 22, 2004, 3:45am (EST+5) snipped-for-privacy@swbell.net (Leon) says: No, I think Claro is different animal. From my understanding it is found mainly in California.

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