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The Book of Woodcraft 



MocKERNUT, White Heart or Big-Bud Hickory 



{Hicoria alba) 



A tall forest tree, up to loo feet. Wood much like that 

 of Shagbark, but not quite so heavy (51 lbs.). Its bark 

 is smooth and furrowed like that of the Pignut. Its leaves 



like those of the Shagbark, but it has 7 to 9 leaflets, instead 

 of 5 to 7 ; it has a large terminal bud ^ to f of an inch long, 

 and the leaves have a resinous smell. Its nut in the husk 

 is nearly 2 inches long; the nut shell is 4-ridged toward the 

 point, has a very thick shell and small sweet kernel. Maine 

 to Okla. and Fla. 



Pignut Hickory (Hicoria glabra) 



A tall forest tree; 100 and up to 120 feet high. Wood 

 much as in the Mockernut; bark smooth and furrowed; not 

 loose plates. Leaves 8 to 12 inches long. Nut slightly 

 or not at all angular, very thick shelled; the pear shape 



