Black Walnuts: Not Available in Stores

Black Walnuts: Not Available in Stores
Black walnuts fall in a husk that starts hard and green, turns soft and black, and then dries out and rots away. Shutterstock
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October’s the time when people with black walnut trees complain about the mess. If I dumped a pile of money in your yard, would you complain?

Granted, black walnuts aren’t money, except maybe to Baskin-Robbins and several other ice cream producers who say it’s their third most popular flavor, and to the Hammons Products Company, which buys and sells 25 million pounds of black walnuts a year.

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