Juglans regia variations in fatty acid content of the nuts: Walnuts and other tree nuts are important food-allergen sources that have the potential to be associated with life-threatening, IgE-mediated allergic reactions in some individuals. Certain extracts of walnuts have "in vitro" antioxidant and antiproliferative activity due to a high phenolic content. "Juglans regia" is used to treat Diabetes mellitus symptoms in Austrian traditional medicine, whereby air-dried leaves are used as aqueous decoction or liquor preparation and are consumed on a daily basis. In Skopelos, a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, local legend suggests whoever plants a walnut tree will die as
Fruit tree propagation be difficult, although successes have sometimes been reported. Other grafts of this kind can produce the Pomato. Fruit tree propagation Fruit tree propagation is usually carried out vegetatively (non-sexually) by grafting or budding a desired variety onto a suitable rootstock. Perennial plants can be propagated either by sexual or vegetative means. Sexual reproduction begins when a male germ cell (pollen) from one flower fertilises a female germ cell (ovule, incipient seed) of the same species, initiating the development of a fruit containing seeds. Each seed, when germinated, can grow to become a new specimen tree. However, the new tree inherits