Walnut Tree Characteristics and Growing Places

 It grows almost everywhere in Turkey. It does not form a forest. It is grown in gardens and fields.

It is in the group of navel woody trees. The outer wood is narrow. It is diffusely porous. The pores forming the spring texture are larger than the pores forming the autumn texture. The year rings are precisely and distinctly separated from each other. The pores appear as small holes in the cross section, and as needle tears in the core and vein section. The core rays of the walnut are too small to be seen with the naked eye. Due to the difference in the color of the spring and autumn textures, parallel lines of different colors are seen in the cross section. Rich vein patterns with vein sections are formed. There are veined, wavy and shiny types. Root veneers extracted from the parts of the walnut close to the root give the possibility of obtaining very vivid symmetrical patterns. Such coatings are especially sought after in the production of classical furniture.

The outer wood is yellow, gray. The heartwood ranges from light milky brown to dark brown.

The timber of the walnut is medium hard and tight fibre. It is a heavy tree. Ability to connect with nails, screws and glue enough. It has good resistance to physical effects. He works hard and pulls a lot. It splits easily. It is durable only in dry conditions. It is processed easily and conveniently.

The specific gravity of the walnut in the air-dried sarcophagus is about 0.65 gr/cm3.

It is a high quality and aesthetically valuable furniture tree. Interior design is highly sought after. It is used as a solid v coating. It gives successful results in carved and lathe works. It can be used in musical instrument and model making.

Sold in solid veneer, the massif is sometimes sized to the hardwood standard, but mostly in plank form. Straight-lined veneer is called milling walnut, the normal patterned type is called veined walnut veneer, and the very mixed patterned type is called root walnut veneer.

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