Walnut Nursery Sales Publication

2019 California Walnut Nursery
Sales Report
California Department of Food and Agriculture
Cooperating with the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Pacific Regional Office · P.O. Box 1258 · Sacramento, CA 95812 · (916) 738-6600 · (855) 270-2722 Fax · www.nass.usda.gov/ca

Released: May 28, 2020

Revised: July 13, 2020

The “Seedlings”, “Other” and “Total” categories were updated for all years based on corrected reports.
The 2018 & 2019 variety totals were updated based on reports received after the May 28, 2020 release.

RESULTS

PROCEDURES

Combined sales of walnut trees to California growers
were 13,052 acres for the 2019 crop year and 12,123
acres for the 2018 crop year. The majority of tree sales
in 2019 were Seedlings, at 53 percent of new plantings.
The Chandler variety came in second at 39 percent. For
2018, the Chandler variety was the largest percentage of
new plantings at 49 percent, with Seedlings coming in
second at 35 percent. The remaining percentages by
variety can be seen in the pie charts.

Questionnaires were mailed to all known walnut
nurseries in California, and responses were received
from most operations. Nurseries that did not report data
were estimated. The nurseries were asked to report the
number of trees sold by variety for commercial plantings,
and to estimate the percentage of trees sold for new
plantings. Acres planted by variety were then estimated
based on the data reported. Acre estimates were
calculated using the reported number of trees sold, along
with the trees per acre by variety from the Walnut
Acreage Survey.

OBJECTIVE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The primary objective of the California Walnut Nursery
Sales Report survey is to estimate planted acres by
variety for the 2018 and 2019 crop years based on the
number of walnut trees sold for new plantings. This report
summarizes data supplied by California nurseries
throughout the State who sold to walnut growers for
commercial plantings. Results from this survey will be
used in conjunction with the Walnut Acreage Survey to
estimate the walnut acres in California.

The USDA, NASS Pacific Regional Office sincerely
appreciates the nurseries for providing the information.
A special thanks goes to the California Walnut Board for
providing funding and support for this special Walnut
Nursery Sales Report survey.

Walnut Nursery Sales Survey
Variety

Chandler
Franquette
Hartley
Howard
Ivanhoe
Payne
Serr
Tulare
Vina
Seedlings
Other
Total 1/
1/

2013

11,020
35
3
913
205
1
1
1,419
0
7,639
224
21,460

2014

12,196
29
104
1,078
452
1
0
2,651
15
9,340
115
25,980

Calculated Acres Planted
2015
2016

13,652
59
128
1,085
218
0
0
2,515
24
8,494
126
26,300

Acres
11,394
78
168
557
566
2
6
1,527
11
4,402
204
18,915

2017

4,832
47
99
120
750
2
8
982
11
3,118
178
10,148

2018

5,979
89
29
528
723
0
0
362
0
4,248
166
12,123

2019

5,042
23
5
363
248
0
0
268
0
6,924
180
13,052

Total s ma y not a dd due to roundi ng.
Source: USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Pacific Regional Office

2018
Percentage of Acres Planted by Variety

Seedlings
35%

Chandler
49%

Other
2%
Tulare
3%

Ivanhoe
6%

Howard
5%

2019
Percentage of Acres Planted by Variety

Chandler
39%

Seedlings
53%

Howard
3%
Other
1%

GARY KEOUGH, Director
CURT STOCK & BRENDA HILL, Deputy Directors
LENA SCHWEDLER & JENNIFER VAN COURT, Statisticians

Tulare
2%

Ivanhoe
2%

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