Nut Products and Services List

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From the home-based business perspective, Canada is now home to more kinds of tree nuts species and cultivars than you might imagine. Some are native; others are naturalized or exotic. However, there are not many individuals growing of most kinds. Seeing that many more are planted in the future would certainly be worth while for all of us.

Which of these tree nuts grow near where you live? If you live in southern Canada, many of them will grow near you, and may already be doing so, both intown and out. Beaked hazel reach farthest north, to the boreal forest. If you live in the north, get your southly friends to gather and bring you nuts.

Some tree nuts can do truly surprising things. Cobjon Nutcultures Services says three 'crops' per year are possible from the living trees of several of the species of the walnut family, without harm to the tree. Consider the black and the white walnut and the hickories. Here are their three crops:

In the spring, the sap flows, from which extraordinary walnut and hickory syrups and sugars can be made.
In the early summer, reachable immature walnut and hickory nuts can be picked for surprisingly good pickles, condiments and confections.
And for all the tree nuts, not just the walnuts and hickories, in the autumn, mature nut crops are gathered from the ground as they fall from the trees (or shrubs per the hazel), starting in late August, and continuing through September and October, and even into November for the ginkgoes. Note: nuts are not picked off the tree. So, no climbing or special equipment is required. So its doesn't matter that the trees are tall and huge. In fact, the bigger the better, because bigger trees produce even more sap, nuts, leaves (and more shade, too). In some cases the harvested mature nuts must be processed to separate the husk from the stone. The cap (oaks), husk (mostly walnuts and hickories), the shell (all but specially the walnuts) and the kernel (all) can all be made into a variety of marvelous and innovative products.

Here are some of the kinds of tree nuts now growing in Canada, many intown and out:

black walnuts (Juglans nigra)
butternuts (Juglans cinerea)
Japanese walnuts (Juglans ailantifolia)
heartnuts (Juglans ailantifolia v. cordiiformis)
Persian walnuts (Juglans regia)
Buartnut (Juglans x bixbyi)
cobnut (Corylus avellana)
beaked hazel (Corylus cornuta)
American hazel (Corylus americana)
Turkish hazel (Corylus colurna)
red oak (Quercus rubra)
bear oak (Quercus illicifolia)
white oak (Quercus alba)
swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor)
bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
chinkapin oak (Quercus muhlenbergii)
shagbark hickory (Carya ovata)
pecan (Carya illinoinensis)
shellbark hickory (Carya laciniosa)
ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
Korean nut pine (Pinus koraensis)
Swiss stone pine (Pinus cembra)
whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis)
limber pine (Pinus flexilis)
buckeye (Aesculus spp.)
horsechestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)
American chestnut (Castanea dentata)
chinquapin (Castanea pumila)

Here is a sampling of the nut and nut-related products and services that have been discovered. Mostly, just the walnuts have been investigated. The list will grow as the other kinds of Canada tree nuts uses are examined. (Medicinal uses have been omitted until their individual safety and efficacy can be ascertained.) Many of these are possible even for the apartment dweller. Most are possible for the home-dweller, especially if there is a home workshop handy.
B&B 'Black Walnut' Bare-root Nutlings Billet O'Nutwood Black Walnut Sugar Black Walnut Syrup Cotton Husk Dye Cotton Husk Tie Dye Cracking Service Dried Nutleaf Feednuts Wildlife Foodnuts with Recipes Fingernail Husk Dye Fingernail Husk Dye Kit Green Nut Jam Green Nut Pickle Recipes Green Nut Pickles Green Nut Pickles Appetizers Growers Guide Growers Manual Hair Husk Dye	Hair Husk Dye Kit Hulling Service Husk Dryer Hydrocracker Lapcracker Leather Stain Leather Stain Kit Nut Brochures Nut Charcoal Nut Conserve Nut Cracker Nut Cutter Nut Decorations Nut Lemon Dip Mix Nut Milk Nut Oil Nut Pamphlets Nut Tester Nut Testing Service Nut Theme Bumper Stickers	Nut Theme Posters Nutbark Nutbrown Facetowel Nutbrown Placemats Nutbrown Washtowel Nutwood Chips Nutling Growbag Nutling Growbox Nutling Growcell Nutshell Slicing Saw Nutshell Slice Armband Nutshell Slice Beeswax Candles Nutshell Slice Belt Nutshell Slice Bracelet Nutshell Slice Buttons Nutshell Slice Curtain Nutshell Slice Handtowels Nutshell Slice Headband Nutshell Slice Jigsaw Puzzle Nutshell Slice Kit
Nutshell Slice Necklace Nutshell Slice Pendant Nutshell Slice Stringer Nutshell Slice Tiara Nutshell Slice Trivet Nutshell Slice Washtowels Nutshell Slices Nutty Brochures Nutty Cakes Nutty Candy Nutty Cookies Nutty Earings Nutty Emblem Nutty Exhibit Display Nutty Faces Nutty Hats Nutty Muffins Nutty Mugs Nutty Ornaments Nutty Recipes	Nutty Stuffing Nutty T-Shirts Nutwood Baskets Nutwood Bowls Nutwood Cabinetry Nutwood Napkin Ring Nutwood Pens Nutwood Rings Nutwood Sculpture Nutwooden Ware Nuwood Bracelet Paddle Huller Potted Nutlings Powercracker Pressure Nut Washer Seednuts Shell Grinder Shell Grinding Service Shell Grip Shell Grit	Shell Mulch Silk Nut Dye Silk Nut Tie Dye Skin Nut Tan Skin Nut Tan Kit Sprouted Seed Nuts Syruped Green Nuts Textile Nut Dye Tree Nut Artwork Visecracker Wheel Huller Wood Stain Wood Stain Kit Wool Dye Wool Dye Kit And so on...

The list of possibilities goes on and on; literally hundreds of products and services for tree nuts, intown or out.

Canada Nutculture Association, Ottawa, Canada: "Progress through Research & Development"