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Kōrero: Citrus, berries, exotic fruit and nuts

Immature walnuts

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Immature walnuts

Walnut fruit consist of an outer green husk and an internal nut. The nut has a shell and an inner edible fleshy portion. Workers usually wear gloves when harvesting walnuts, because the husks contain a strong dye that stains skin dark brown.

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by Peter E. Smith

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Sandy Scarrow, Citrus, berries, exotic fruit and nuts – Nuts and olives, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/16039/immature-walnuts (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Sandy Scarrow, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.