Macadamia Nut Beaumont Seeds

Beaumont is a superior hybrid variety of Macadamia nut for commercial orchards as well as home gardens. It grows quickly and bears a reasonable amount of good quality nuts after just 4 years and after 8 years can produce about 18 kg of nuts per tree. The nuts are easier to dehusk than most other varieties. It is well suited to most warm temperate and tropical climates in USDA Zones 10 and 11. Macadamia grows into a large tree unless pruned and makes a nice ornamental. Beaumont has attractive, maroon new growth. What most people do not know is that the pink flowers are wonderfully and intensely fragrant. Seeds should be soaked for a few days before sowing but shells must not be cracked. Germination is slow and erratic and usually takes place over several months.