Walnut: a renaissance wood.

Wood & Wood Products | March 1, 1996| | Copyright

The walnut tree that predates all the rest is believed to originate in Central Asia. In the book, "The Encyclopedia of Wood," writer Luke Hughes traces its "travels" from Asia to Italy, where it was transplanted by the early Greeks. From there the Romans took it north, dedicating the tree to the god Jupiter and calling it jovis glans or Jupiter's nut. That name became the basis for its botanical name juglans. Hughes adds, "There was no wide dissemination of the tree or timber in Europe before the time of Charlemagne, though the Romans had certainly introduced it to England by ...

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