The Black Walnut is common in all the United States below the latitude
of Long Island. It is especially abundant in Pennsylvania, and is also
found singly and in small scattered groups in New England. It is a
larger and more hardy and rapid-growing tree than the English walnut,
but it bears an inferior fruit. This tree does not differ from the
butternut in general characters, but it is of greater height and more
majestic in appearance. It has very long pinnate leaves, of a pure
untarnished green and a warmer look than the darker foliage of the
hickory. Both trees produce an elegant wood for cabinet-work, but that
of the Black Walnut is preferred, though the wood of the butternut is
nearer the color of mahogany.