Kind of nut coming from the Cape, maybe, before the end of autumn (5)
I believe the answer is:
pecan
'kind of nut' is the definition.
(I know that pecan is a type of edible nut)
'the cape maybe before the end of autumn' is the wordplay.
'maybe' indicates an anagram.
'before' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the end of' says to take the final letters.
The final letter of 'autumn' is 'n'.
'cape' anagrammed gives 'peca'.
'peca'+'n'='PECAN'
'coming from' is the link.
(Other definitions for pecan that I've seen before include "Species of hickory - edible nut" , "Walnut-like nut" , "Oval nut of south central United States" , "Pinkish-brown nut used in American pie" , "Nut of American hickory tree" .)