. The natural history of the farm; a guide to the practical study of the sources of our living in wild nature. Natural history. Fig. 9. The hazel nut (Corylus americanus); nuts in the hull, and a kernel in the half-shell (after Mayo). food. A few stray members of other families produce edible nuts. Those of the linden are very well flavored, although minute. Those of the wild lotus of the swamps are very palatable and were regularly gathered by the Indians for food. They resemble small acorns in size and shape. Then there are nuts of large size and promising appearance that are whoUy inedible.
. The natural history of the farm; a guide to the practical study of the sources of our living in wild nature. Natural history. Fig. 9. The hazel nut (Corylus americanus); nuts in the hull, and a kernel in the half-shell (after Mayo). food. A few stray members of other families produce edible nuts. Those of the linden are very well flavored, although minute. Those of the wild lotus of the swamps are very palatable and were regularly gathered by the Indians for food. They resemble small acorns in size and shape. Then there are nuts of large size and promising appearance that are whoUy inedible. Such are the horse-chestnut and the buckeye, which contain a bitter and narcotic principle. Certain nuts of large size and fine quality, like the king hickory, have not found much popular favor, because their shells are thick and close-fitting. They are hard to crack and the kernels are freed with much difficulty. Such selection as has been practiced with Persian walnuts and pecans is in the direction of thin, loose-fitting shells. Nuts are unusually well protected dur- ing development by hard shells and thick hulls of acrid flavor; yet they have not escaped enemies. Wormy nuts are fre- quent. The most important of the "worms" living inside the hulls and feed- ing on the kernels are the larvae of the nut-weevils. These are snout-beetles Fig. 10. Leaf outline ,, , ,. , . , , , and nutlets of the linden, that live cxclusively upou nuts End are. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Needham, James G. (James George), 1868-1956. Ithaca, N. Y. , The Comstock Publishing Company
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