. The nut culturist : a treatise on the propagation, planting and cultivation of nut-bearing trees and shrubs, adapted to the climate of the United States ... Nuts. 158 THE NUT FIG. 47. WESTEKN SHELLBARK. loose grayish scales ; the young twigs stout, with a gray bark, most noticeable in winter. Fruit large, oval to oblong, usually four-ribbed above the middle, with de- pressions between; husk thick, somewhat spongy, at , and I litting open from u,op down- ird. Nut large, with prom- ent ridges, and strongly linted, hut slightly com- â essed at the sides, as seen P
. The nut culturist : a treatise on the propagation, planting and cultivation of nut-bearing trees and shrubs, adapted to the climate of the United States ... Nuts. 158 THE NUT FIG. 47. WESTEKN SHELLBARK. loose grayish scales ; the young twigs stout, with a gray bark, most noticeable in winter. Fruit large, oval to oblong, usually four-ribbed above the middle, with de- pressions between; husk thick, somewhat spongy, at , and I litting open from u,op down- ird. Nut large, with prom- ent ridges, and strongly linted, hut slightly com- â essed at the sides, as seen Pig. 47 ; shell thick and of lull yellowish color; kernel oderately large, as shown ross section of nut in Pig. 48, but much smaller in pro- portion to the size of the nut than in the two preceding species, but ic is sweet, weU flavored, and easily removed from the shell when cracked. The very large size of these nuts makes them a favorite, especially where the pecan and the true shellbarks are not plentiful. These nuts were formerly known as the Springfield or Gloucester nut. A very large tree, sixty to eignty feet high, and two to four feet in diameter, with thick, scaly- bark, the scales some- what thicker than in tne common shellbark hickory of the Atlantic States. A rare tree, except in the valleys west of the Alleghanies, ^^^ ^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ although it is reported to have ern shellbark. been found in Chester county, Pennsylvania, and thence west to southern Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, eastern and the Indian Territory. Plentiful in the. 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 Fuller, Andrew Samuel, 1828-1896. New York : Orange Judd
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