Walnut tree named ‘Solano’

USPP25466P3 · kind P3 · plant

Assignee

• The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

• Gale McGranahan · Davis, US
• Charles Leslie · Davis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 20, 2012
• Grant date: Apr 28, 2015
• Expiry date: May 28, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of walnut tree denominated ‘Solano’ is described. This new cultivar, ‘Solano’, comes into bearing young, with an excellent yield. ‘Solano’ forms jumbo-sized walnuts that possess light-colored kernels with little size variation in a given harvest. ‘Solano’ bears fruit terminally and laterally and yields a crop that can be harvested approximately 2 weeks before ‘Chandler’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,388). ‘Solano’ is also protandrous, bearing male flowers before female flowers.