Nuts

Fernette

B tier

Fernette is a French English walnut cultivar often planted as a pollenizer companion in modern orchards, also yielding usable table kernels in the familiar J. regia flavour family. Cooks should judge the bag by aroma and colour, not by the pollenizer label alone: fresh meats are sweet-bitter and rich; stale meats smell of varnish. Use shelled Fernette like other English walnuts in baking, snacks, and sauces. Freeze surplus. Light toast softens pellicle astringency. Major tree-nut allergen rules apply. Orchard role explains why the name appears on variety lists even when retail bags simply say “French walnuts.” When sold named, it offers traceability for buyers who care about cultivar mix in European lots.