VERY RARE - Although the Franquette and Mayette varieties are of excellent quality, and form the foundation for today’s modern walnut industry, we have found a Gillet variety that is of even higher quality. The Chaubert is an amazing nut, very large, almost 100% light colored meats, with the best flavor we have tasted. We have offered tastes of this for a too many people who do not normally like walnuts, Jenifer included, and they love this walnut. We intend to reintroduce this variety to the farm community as we increase its production.

The mother tree grows in North San Juan on an old stagecoach stop homestead. It’s a huge tree, well over 100 years old, and often produces in excess of 250 pounds of the highest quality nuts annually. Although many walnuts benefit from a pollinator to increase productivity this tree grows by itself and yet yields very high production.