The Porter Shagbark Hickory is a medium sized nut with excellent cracking qualities. It comes from Pennsylvania where it has won awards in nut grower contests for cracking quality and flavor. Late to leaf.
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Porter is susceptible to late season leaf blight. By late summer the leaflets yellow and develop brown blotches and mottled lesions on both leaf surfaces, and heavily affected trees can look scorched across much of the canopy.