Yearbook^ of Agriculture 1949 



37. Yellow 

 buckeye. 



38. Ohio buckeye. 39. Black walnut. 40. Butternut. 



35. PUMPKIN ASH, Fraxinus tomentosa Michx. f. (F. profunda (Bush) (Bush). 

 Large tree with swollen base, wet soils in Mississippi Valley and coastal plain regions. 



Bark gray, fissured. Twigs and leafstalks hairy. Leaves paired, compound, 9 to 18 inches 

 long, with 7 to 9, stalked, elliptical or lance-shaped leaflets 4 to 10 inches long, long-pointed, 

 with edges smooth or slightly toothed, soft hairy beneath. Key fruits 2 to 3 inches long 

 and YQ to l /z inch wide, with large broad wing. 



Principal uses: Cooperage, furniture, and boxes, baskets, and crates. Also railroad ties, 

 veneer, and fuel. 



VV. Leaflets without stalks. 



36. BLACK ASH, Fraxinus nigra Marsh, (brown ash, hoop ash, basket ash, swamp ash, 

 water ash). 



Medium-sized to large tree of wet soils in northeastern quarter of United States and 

 adjacent Canada. Bark gray, scaly or fissured. Leaves paired, compound, 12 to 16 inches 

 long, with 7 to 11, stalkless, oblong or broadly lance-shaped leaflets 3 to 5 inches long, 

 long-pointed, finely toothed, with tufted hairs beneath. Key fruits 1 to 1 1 /2 inches long, 

 Ya inch wide, flat, with wing extending to base. 



Principal uses: Same as No. 35. 



TT. Leaflets 5 (or 7), all attached at end of leafstalk and spreading fingerlike 

 (palmate) BUCKEYE (Aesculus}. 



37. YELLOW BUCKEYE, Aesculus octandra Marsh, (sweet buckeye, large buckeye). 

 Medium-sized tree of Central States, chiefly Ohio Valley and Appalachian regions. Bark 



gray, separating into thin scales. Leaves paired, compound, with leafstalks 4 to 6 inches 

 long. Leaflets 5, oblong or elliptical, 4 to 6 inches long, long-pointed, narrowed at base, 

 finely toothed. Flowers in branched clusters 4 to 6 inches long, showy, 1 J4 inches long, 

 yellow, with petals unequal in length. Fruiting capsule 2 to 2 /2 inches in diameter, smooth, 

 with 2 poisonous seeds 1/2 to 1 94 inches wide. 



Principal uses: Furniture, boxes and crates, and caskets. Also artificial limbs. 

 Ornamental. 



38. OHIO BUCKEYE, Aesculus glabra Willd. (fetid buckeye, stinking buckeye, American 

 horsechestnut). 



Small tree (or shrubby to medium-sized) of Central States, chiefly Ohio and Mississippi 

 Valley regions. Bark gray, much furrowed and broken into scaly plates. Leaves paired, 

 compound, with leafstalks 4 to 6 inches long. Leaflets 5 (5 to 7 in shrubby varieties), 



