Payre Nursery is the European leader in the production of grafted walnut fruit trees.
Located in the heart of the Grenoble Walnut region, the nursery benefits from excellent soil, which confers irreproachable quality to our grafted walnut seedlings. Besides the wide selection, the nursery ensures detailed follow-up and a maximum traceability of its seedlings.
Our nursery specializes in the grafting of most varieties of walnut fruit trees: French, California and pollinators.
Payre Nursery offers a large variety of grafted walnut fruit tree species
French varieties of grafted walnut trees
FRANQUETTE
Quite vigorous, adaptable, late budding, erect growth, quite fast fruit set, good quality kernels.
Yield at 10 years: 1700 kg/ha.
PIERAL LARA
Medium vigor, semi-erect to semi-spreading growth, very fast fruit set, early budding.
Productivity: 5 to 6 metric tons per hectare at 8 years.
FERNOR
Medium vigor with semi-erect growth, late budding, high productivity, rapid fruit set, low susceptibility to bacteriosis. Its nut, of good caliber, has a very good quality of kernels.
PARISIENNE
Vigorous, late budding, low susceptibility to bacteriosis, semi-spreading to semi-erect growth. Large size fruit.
FERBEL
Quite vigorous, early budding, moderately susceptible to bacteriosis, semi-spreading growth. Beautiful fruit with high quality kernels. Very large caliber 80 %. cal 34+
FERJEAN
Medium vigor with semi-upright growth, specifically for kernels, very rapid fruit set, very high productivity: 2 to 2.5 metric tons of kernels from the 8th or 9th year after planting, rather late budding. Somewhat sensitive to bacteriosis.
FEROUETTE
Vigorous, early budding, susceptible to bacteriosis, semi-spreading to semi-erect growth. Good quality of kernel.
California varieties of grafted walnut trees
HARTLEY
Vigorous, early fruit set. Large caliber nuts (34 to 36 mm). This variety demands a warm climate.
CHANDLER
Medium vigor, early fruit set. Large caliber nuts (34 to 36 mm). This variety demands a warm climate.
SERR
Extremely vigorous, early fruit set. Medium caliber nuts (30 to 34 mm). This variety demands a warm climate.
California varieties of grafted walnut trees
RONDE DE MONTIGNAC
Pollinator of Franquette and Fernor.
MEYLANNAISE
Pollinator of Franquette uniquely.
FERNETTE
Pollinator of Chandler, Lara and Fernor.
FERTIGNAC
Pollinator of Franquette, Fernor and Fernette.
Our nursery also produces different varieties of ornamental walnut trees (Purple-leaved walnut, Red walnut, Cutleaf walnut, Bijou, Pendula…).
As specialists in deciduous tree grafting, we can custom graft on order.
Walnut seedling delivery
The nursery exports its walnut and deciduous seedlings to:
ALL PARTS OF EUROPE, THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN, THE MIDDLE EAST, RUSSIA…
Made in Isère, France
Traceability, and seedling quality
INRA, CTIFL, UE + INFEL certifications
International delivery