Nazmi AJAZI; Vath TABAKU; Hasan CANI; Xhenisa AJAZI
Dajti Eksspres sh..a
Faculty of Science Forest
Balkan Center for Cooperation Development (BCCD) ;
Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of Tirana, Environment Department
Coresponding author e-mail: nazmiajazi@gmail.com
Abstract:
The walnut is a species that is extensively cultivated in Dibra district of the Albanian Republic. According to the registers hold up to 2008 in the respective localities there are 196 ha with 2670 fruit-trees. This specie is extended along Valley of Black- Drini River, over the bottoms of the slopes, along the creeks and the small deltas of the creeks as Malla and Seta of Lura, Zalli of Okshtun, the creek of Kuben, Erebare etc. It is distinguished for the high quality of its product that is preferred in the native market and abroad. The inhabitants have a tradition to treat this very important specie on the bottoms of cultivated soils.
The history of its cultivation dates back from antiquity and the inhabitants think they are grown together with this fruit-tree during centuries. In a village of Gjurre – Rec 60 % of fruit-growing is covered with this natural specie. It grows in surfaces from 360 in Doda’s bridge, up to 1000 m above sea level (in Fushe Lura – Bellova -Ostren etc.). The best development it has in 400 up to 700 m above sea level where is included the phytoclimatical zone of Castanetum and needs aired and loosed soils. Almost in all the district it cannot be found in group, except the village Peladhi where it has been sown during the time of collectivization from the ex-Agricultural Cooperative of Zerqan. In our study, made during some years, we have found some cultivars which have some differ characteristics as “large grain”, “oblong”,in “cluster form”etc. It needs mainly brown and abandoned forest soils which in Dibra district are very widespread.
Keywords: specie, cultivation, level, valley, fruit
