Juglans hindsii of the plant is as a distinct species. Some botanists and the 1993 edition of "The Jepson Manual" had classified it as "Juglans californica" subsp. "hindsii", a subspecies of "Juglans californica" (Southern California black walnut). Juglans hindsii Juglans hindsii, commonly called the Northern California walnut and Hinds' black walnut, is a species of walnut tree endemic to Northern California. It is commonly called claro walnut by the lumber industry and woodworkers, and is the subject of some confusion over its being the root stock for English walnut orchard stock. The historical range of "Juglans hindsii" is from the San Joaquin
Tree of 40 Fruit Tree of 40 Fruit A Tree of 40 Fruit is one of a series of fruit trees created by the New York-based artist Sam Van Aken using the technique of grafting. Each tree produces forty types of stone fruit, of the genus "Prunus", ripening sequentially from July to October in the United States. Sam Van Aken is an Associate Professor of Sculpture at Syracuse University. His family is Pennsylvania Dutch, and he grew up on the family farm. In 2008, while looking for specimens to create a multicolored blossom tree as an art project, Van Aken acquired the orchard of