Origin
The common walnut does not owe its existence to agriculture. It was already growing, in forest, in the mountains of Central Asia — and it grows there still.
The home of the species
A species that began in the mountains.
Juglans regia, the common walnut, has its home range in Central Asia: the ranges running from the Heavenly Mountains to the Fergana valley, where the tree occurs naturally and forms forests. These are not orchards planted and then forgotten. This is the natural habitat of the species — the ancestor of the walnut trees now cultivated on five continents.
The climate
Exactly what the tree asks for.
The walnut is demanding: a winter cold enough to put it fully to sleep, a spring without a late frost, a hot dry summer to fill the kernel, and cool nights at altitude. The valleys of Central Asia provide that programme with nothing to correct. The tree is not grown there against the climate; it is at home in it.
Time
A tree that takes its time.
A walnut tree is planted for the next generation: it takes years to bear, and can then go on producing for centuries. That tree is what our name refers to — not our company, which is young, and whose registration date is public. The tree was here long before we were.
The journey
Then it became European.
The walnut followed the trade routes to Persia, Greece and Rome, and from there into the orchards of Europe. Its Latin name means "Jupiter's acorn"; Russian calls it the "Greek nut"; English calls it the English walnut. None of those names says where it is from.
Today
From that region to Europe.
We buy in that region and deliver to European trade buyers. The detailed origin, the crop year and the characteristics of the lot on offer come with every quotation: ask, and we answer in writing.