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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Trees as young as two years are toxic.  The older they get the bigger the 
root spread.  The thing is, the older the tree, the longer it has been in 
the ground, the more toxic the ground around it.  ALL parts of the tree 
contain the toxin and thus, as years pass, the build up increases from the 
roots and the leaves and the walnuts themselves.

Now, pit fruits (peaches, plums, nectarines, etc.) don't seem to be bothered 
by black walnuts.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lisa K.V. Perry" <lisakvperry AT gmail.com>


> I wasn't following this thread but read by happenstance. Our 100+ yera old
> Stayman Winesap looks ill this year, for the first time on our watch (8+
> years). It is half fully leafed out as per normal but the remainder of the
> branches are covered with just a scattering of leaves and many, smaller 
> bare
> branches. However the limb is, whether 'ill' or 'healthy,' it is this way
> all the way from branch tip to the trunk.
>
> Within 100 ft (will have to measure, may be as few as 60'?) is a small 
> black
> walnut tree the former owner had planted. This is a small tree, perhaps
> 10-12 years old. Interestingly enough, the healthier side of the tree is
> closer to the black walnut tree. Could a tree this small still be that
> potent? Do you think this could be the problem?
>
> Had just sent photos to a friend with a large old apple orchard in 
> Vermont,
> so he could hopefully diagnose our tree's problem. It's so old and 
> beautiful
> (and will bear lots of apples this year), we hope to save it.
>
> Lisa
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