Juglans regia ‘Carpathian’ Did you know the word walnut is a derivative of the “Gaul nut?” Gaul—the former name of France—was one of the places this Persian tree spread at the end of the Ice Age. Juglans is a contraction of the Latin, Jovis glans, or “nut of Jupiter” (the god), and regia means “royal.” The Carpathian English walnut was reported to be a valued gift sent from the King of Persia to the King of Greece. The walnuts made…
