Pickled walnuts used in recipes, commonly cooked in beef dishes. Pickled walnuts are made from the fruit of both common walnut tree varieties: "Juglans regia", the Persian, royal, English or common walnut, and "Juglans nigra", the black or American walnut. The first stage is to pick the walnuts whilst they are still green and before the shells have set. Most recipes say that late June is about the best time to pick them. The soft walnuts are then soaked in brine (salt water) for at least ten days. The walnuts are then drained and left to dry in the air. Soaking the
Fruit tree pollination be planned when groves are planted. Managed honeybee hives at bloom time are often used to ensure adequate pollination. Fruit tree pollination Pollination of fruit trees is required to produce seeds with surrounding fruit. It is the process of moving pollen from the anther to the stigma, either in the same flower or in another flower. Some tree species, including many fruit trees, do not produce fruit from self-pollination, so pollinizer trees are planted in orchards. The pollination process requires a carrier for the pollen, which can be animal, wind, or human intervention (by hand-pollination or by using a pollen