Versatile walnut trees
The walnut tree used to be found in the stable yards of all country houses ... as it was thought to keep flies away from horses.
The English or Persian walnut tree can live for several centuries and grow as tall as 150 feet. Apart from its harvest of nuts, the walnut tree
1 has a variety of uses: its • fine timber is used for I cabinet-making, the juice from the leaves stains skins brown, and the leaves are also used in ; pot-pourri mixtures.
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Press, 17 March 1987, Page 12
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