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If we are busy with families, we usually prepare or share in a Thanksgiving Day fare. One of the popular ingredients for that day is often the walnut. I love it in apple or broccoli salads, autumn harvest pies, or\u2014as my grandmother often did with her Henry Quackenbush nutcrackers\u2014unshelled in a bowl.<\/p>\n

The black walnut, Jugulan nigra,<\/em> is native to the eastern United States and the bane of most gardeners. The walnuts we are more accustomed to eating are the English walnut, Jugulans regia, <\/em>which are not native, being introduced on the west coast by Franciscan monks in 1769.<\/p>\n

Because of its tough outer hull and woody shell, the nut symbolizes the protection of precious contents. It can also symbolize the Holy Trinity, Christ, matrimony, and fertility because of it copious amounts of fruit!<\/p>\n

Lucia Impelluso writes, in Nature and Its Symbols<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n

In Christian culture in general, the image of the walnut, with its three parts, is associated with the Trinity. Saint Augustine\u2026asserts that the nut may be considered a symbol of Jesus Christ. According to this interpretation, the outer hull represents the flesh, the wood shell stands for the cross, and the kernel alludes to Christ\u2019s divine nature. Generally speaking, the image of the walnut in art should be read in this light.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many scholars assume that the grove of nut trees that Solomon went into searching for love (Song 11:6) were Persian walnuts, now commonly called English.<\/p>\n

The green hull encasing the shelled nut can be steeped to produce a rich brown dye. During Jesus time the walnut trees grew around the Sea of Galilee. Some scholars propose that his cloak was dyed, probably by his mother, from the walnut casings.<\/p>\n

The single walnut at the bottom of this painting indicates the divine child in Mary\u2019s arms. Wallraf-RichartzMuseum, Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece, The Virgin of the Walnut, <\/em>1500-1510.<\/em>\u00a0(Image public domain)<\/em>\"walnut<\/a><\/p>\n

Jesus standing\u00a0under a walnut tree represents his divine nature and the fruitfulness of his ministry. National Gallery of London, The Baptism of Christ,<\/em> Piero della Francesca, 1448-1450.\u00a0(Image public domain)<\/em>\"walnut<\/a><\/p>\n

St. Anthony near the end of his life, and from his desire for solitude, had a tree house built in a walnut tree as a hideaway in Camposampiero, Italy. The tree, symbolizing\u00a0the Holy Trinity, sheltered him halfway between heaven and earth. This paining, being one of many portraying his hideaway in the branches, is Saint Anthony in the Walnut Tree<\/em> (with two saints: St. Jerome, St. Francis of Assisi), Lazzaro Bastiani, 1505. (Image public domain)<\/em><\/p>\n

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