Juglans microcarpa var. "stewartii". Where the range of "J. microcarpa" overlaps with "J. major", the two species interbreed, producing populations with intermediate characteristics. This phenomenon has also been found where "J. microcarpa" trees grows near "J. nigra trees. "Juglans" (literally "Jupiter's acorn") is the Latin name of the walnut. "Microcarpa" means "having small fruit". Juglans microcarpa Juglans microcarpa, known also as the little walnut, Texas walnut, Texas black walnut or little black walnut (as it belongs to the "black walnuts" section "Juglans" sect. "Rhysocaryon"), is a large shrub or small tree (10–30 ft tall) which grows wild along streams and ravines in
Fruit tree pruning buds at their tips. Longer shoots are spur pruned to prevent overcrowding and to stimulate the production of more short-tip-bearing shoots the following year. Branch leaders are 'tipped', removing the top three or four buds to a bud facing in the desired direction to make them branch out and so produce more tip-bearing shoots. Fruit tree pruning Fruit tree pruning is the cutting and removing of selected parts of a fruit tree. It spans a number of horticultural techniques. Pruning often means cutting branches back, sometimes removing smaller limbs entirely. It may also mean removal of young shoots, buds, and