Height & Growth |
moderately vigorous, semi upright |
Tree crown |
Chandler is suitable for high density planting such as 6 x 5 meters spacing. |
Flowering |
late leafing and blooming. This is an advantage, because late leafing varieties are less likely to be affected by frost, walnut blight and codling moth. |
Flowering type |
Protandrous |
Self fertile |
self pollinating |
Pollination |
Chandler is a self pollinating tree, it can yield walnuts without a pollenizer. But it can give you higher yields when used with a pollenizer. Franquette, Pedro and Fernette is used as pollenizer with Chandler trees. |
Terminal or Lateral |
70-80 % lateral bearing variety |
Fruiting |
very early fruit bearing, very high yield, undemanding in terms of climate and soil. Chandler is a highly productive variety - 90 percent of its lateral branches being productive. |
Fruit |
large (13-15 gr.), 1-4 fruits per batch, elliptical shape |
Shell & pericarp |
very thin shell, light color, ridged, easy to crack and clean, becomes stronger in older trees |
Kernel |
very light-colored kernels, naturally light (similar to the Hartley), 95-100 5% whiteness, weight: 6.3 g., kernel fills shell fully, easy to remove from the shell and easy to crack out into halves, excellent taste |
Harvest |
September 23rd - 2 days after Hartley |
Oil content |
high oil content of 70% percent |
Kernel % |
55% |
Winter hardness |
resistant |
Frost susceptibiity |
very hightly resistence to late spring frost |
Sensitivity to bacterial blight and anthracnose |
practically resistant to anthracnose and to bacterial blight |
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