"Charlie Self" wrote in message ...
Swingman writes:

It's still considered Black Walnut,.IIRC.

I envy you the claro walnut. It's Juglans hindsii and black walnut is
Juglans
nigra. Bth are American walnuts, but the claro is found only in small
areas in

Actually, the walnut that I have is from AR, so is not "claro". I am
positive that I've heard claro referred to as "California Black Walnut", and
the first link below tends to bear that out.

http://www.precisecut.com/materials/...lackwalnut.htm

Also, one of the common names for "Juglans hindsii" is "Hinds Black Walnut"

http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrol...2/jhindsii.htm

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