. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. BUTTERNUT. WHITE WALNUT. OIL-NUT. Juglans cinerea Fig 59. Branchlet bearing leaves and cluster of fruit, i; fruit in cross-section, 2; dried nutswith epicarp removed, 3 ; branchlet in winter, 4. 60. Isolated trunk in Blaci< River valley, Lewis Co., N. Y. Handbook of Tkeks of II K X ORTIIKKX Caxada. 51 Tlie Butternut when growing in the openrarely attains a greater height than tiO or 70ft., its short truni< sometimes ;j or 4 ft. indiameter soon dividing into a few largebranches, w
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. BUTTERNUT. WHITE WALNUT. OIL-NUT. Juglans cinerea Fig 59. Branchlet bearing leaves and cluster of fruit, i; fruit in cross-section, 2; dried nutswith epicarp removed, 3 ; branchlet in winter, 4. 60. Isolated trunk in Blaci< River valley, Lewis Co., N. Y. Handbook of Tkeks of II K X ORTIIKKX Caxada. 51 Tlie Butternut when growing in the openrarely attains a greater height than tiO or 70ft., its short truni< sometimes ;j or 4 ft. indiameter soon dividing into a few largebranches, which spread far out and make awide symmetrical Hat or rounded top. Inforests it sometimes attains the iieigiit of 100ft. It prefers rich soil along the hanks ofstreams and on low liill-sides, commonly incompany witli the Beech, Yellow Birch, Maples,Elms, Red Spruce, etc. Its wood is light, a cubic foot when abso-lutely dry weighing lbs., not strong, of agray-brown color and is valued for interiorfinishing, cabinet work, etc. Its sap is richin sugar, and a fairly good quality of syrup ismade from it, thougli it does not harden toform cakes; its bar
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