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Among other species of walnut I have tested is the heartnut, which is a sport of the Japanese walnut.
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The other, known as the heartnut, is small as a rule, distinctly heartshaped, and easily opened with a knife by splitting the shell in half.
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The better known is of guinea egg shape; the other, often known as the heartnut, is of distinct heart shape.
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The heartnut is a sport of the Japanese walnut (Juglans sieboldiana).
Growing Nuts in the North A Personal Story of the Author's Experience of 33 Years with Nut Culture in Minnesota and Wisconsin Carl Weschcke 1933
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I have a heartnut which is a little bit older which I bought from Mr. Jones.
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The Japanese have an indigenous walnut, J. ailantifolia, one of whose varieties is the distinctively heart-shaped heartnut.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The Japanese have an indigenous walnut, J. ailantifolia, one of whose varieties is the distinctively heart-shaped heartnut.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Mitchell heartnut and up against the world for cracking out clean.
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My Persian walnut, heartnut and Japanese walnut think it is spring too quick, and every year they burst out and grow about so long, and then they fall down and die from freezing, and then they grow out, and this time of the year you look at them and you say, "That's a beautiful tree," But they freeze just enough to get the fruit each year.
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My Gellatly heartnut also suffered severe winter injury similar to the
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