Commercial Varieties of Walnut

Name of Variety	Salient Features	Recommended Areas
Hamdan	Vigorous, spreading trees. Protoandrous, terminal bearing. Medium-large nuts, oblong to ovate. Light brown kernels. Soft shell, mid-season maturity.	Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh
Sulaiman	Vigorous spreading trees. Protoandrous, terminal bearing. Medium-large roundish oblong nuts. Light brown kernels. Soft shell, mid-season maturity.	Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh
CITH Walnut Selections
CITH Walnut-1	Export quality. Large nuts, light kernel colour, good recovery (~47%). Easy kernel removal.	Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh
CITH Walnut-2	Large ovate nuts, strong shell seal, well-filled kernels, easy removal, good flavour.	Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh
CITH Walnut-3	Large round nuts, strong shell, good kernel filling, difficult kernel removal.	Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh
CITH Walnut-4	Large ovate nuts, rough shell, thin shell, easy kernel removal, light kernel colour.	Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh
CITH Walnut-5	High yielding, extra light kernel colour, high recovery (~48.9%), export suitable.	Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh
CITH Walnut-6	Large ovate nuts, medium shell strength, good flavour, easy kernel removal.	Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh
CITH Walnut-7	Medium nuts, matures in 155–160 days, moderate kernel removal, good quality.	Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh
CITH Walnut-8	Large nuts, high recovery (~54%), very easy kernel removal, strong shell.	Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh
CITH Walnut-9	Medium round nuts, well-filled kernels, moderate kernel removal.	Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh
CITH Walnut-10	Heavy bearer, small round nuts, smooth shell, easy kernel removal.	Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh
Other Important Varieties
Partap	Large vigorous trees, heavy bearer. Large smooth nuts, light amber kernels, easy removal, semi-soft shell.	Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh
Kotkhai Selection-1	Good yielder, medium nuts, thin shell, light kernels, early maturity.	Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh
Chakrata Selection	Vigorous spreading trees, protoandrous, small-medium nuts, thin shell, early maturity.	Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh