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VERMONT AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



is the hickory nut of the markets. 

 It is quite common in the moist 

 soils of the Champlain valley. It 

 occurs in the Connecticut valley 

 as far north as Windsor also in 

 the White river valley at Royal- 

 ton. There is a large grove on the 

 south side of Bald Mountain in 

 Shrewsbury at an altitude of about 

 1500 feet. The value of hickory 

 timber for certain manufacturing 

 purposes has already been men- 

 tioned. It is also valued for fuel, 

 yielding more heat to the cord 

 than any other native tree. 



SHELLBARK HICKORY 

 Leaf and young fruit, X Yi- 



bitternut hickory (bitter walnut). Hicoria minima (Marsh) Britton, 



Carya amara Nuttall. 



Three characteristics of 

 the bitternut are to be kept 

 in mind in distinguishing it 

 from the pignut, namely, its 

 globular, thin shelled nuts, 

 its small, pointed, yellow 

 buds and its leaves consist- 

 ing of seven or more slender 

 leaflets. The bitternut does 

 not occur in our mountain 

 forests but is not uncommon 

 with the shellbark in the 

 Champlain and Connecticut 

 valleys. Besides being a de- 

 sirable ornamental tree, the 

 bitternut produces wood 

 scarcely inferior to that of 

 the shellbark hickory for 

 fuel or manufacturing pur- 

 poses. 



BITTERNUT HICKORY 

 Leaf and fruit, X Yi. 



