The Northern Nut Growers Association, Inc. (NNGA)

The Northern Nut Growers Association, Inc. (NNGA) brings together people interested in growing nut trees. Our members include experts in nut tree cultivation, farmers, amateur and commercial nut growers, experiment station workers, horticultural teachers and scientists, nut tree breeders, nurserypeople, foresters, and beginning nut culturists.

The most popular kinds of nut and fruit trees that NNGA members plant are walnut (Juglans), filbert (Corylus), pecan and hickory (Carya), chestnut (Castanea), oak (Quercus), pine nut (Pinus), paw paw (Asimina triloba), and persimmons (Diospyros kaki and D. virginiana).

The NNGA has been publishing articles, research papers, and monographs on nuts, nut tree growth, and nut tree culture since 1910. These are part of the NNGA Library. A summary of some of these articles and a listing of books that can be borrowed is on this site. To find information in the NNGA library about a particular nut, click on any of the following categories: Butternut, Chestnut, Hazelnut, Heartnut, Hican, Shagbark Hickory,Shellbark Hickory, Pawpaw, Pecan, Persimmon, Black Walnut, Persian Walnut (English, Carpathian).

Contact Information

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