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HICKORY -NUT 



Learning— Uo. A large nut of fine flavor and excellent crack- 

 ing quality, the kernel coming out in unbroken halves. 



Meriden.— Conn. Large, oblong, compressed: kernel large 

 and of good quality: shell rather thick, but cracks well. Pig. 

 1059. 



l/i/Zord. — Mass. A compressed ovate nut, medium to large 

 in size, with large, plump kernel of excellent quality: cracks 

 well: one of tlie best nuts yet brought to notice. Fig. 1059. 



enclosing a mostly 

 among the most beaut 



with a straight, souk 

 a large, graceful, p; t 

 light green foliat;<--. ' 



e nut. The Hickories are 



and most useful trees of the 



\ I I \ CM uamental park trees. 



I -ilendei 

 mheadc 



jnki 



Pec(. 



nge-bron 



erally 

 i-llow to orange or 

 ly North except B. 

 •lis, but H. Pecan 

 sheltered positions. 

 I, strong and tough 

 jses, especially for 

 riages and wagons, 



Most of the species Imw h>- 

 wood, much valued fur uki 

 handles of tools, manufactu 

 also for making baskets and for fuel. The 

 species, as //. /><■(■«» and /?.oto^/, also fi". /aciHi((/<( and 

 some varieties of JI. glabra and S. alba are edible, and 

 are sold in large quantities, mostly gathered from the 

 wood.s. though in later years orchards of improved va- 

 rieties have been planted. A large number of insects 

 prey upon the Hickory, attacking the wood, foliage and 

 t'r., for which see tin Fil'ili ,\iiii. Rep. of the V. S. 

 Entom. Cora., p. _'> 1 u .• also some fungi, 



causing sometimes :n ; i^n of the trees. 



The Hicko 



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drier localities. They are 

 of rather slow growth, and difficult to transplant if taken 

 from the woods; therefore the seeds are often planted 

 where the trees are to stand, but if grown in the nur- 

 sery and transplanted several times when 

 young, trees 6-10 ft. high may be transplanted 

 successfully. Prop, usually by seeds stratified 

 and sown in spring in rows about 3 in. deep; 

 named varieties may be grafted in spring in 

 the greenhouse, on potted stock of H. minima, 

 which seems to be the best species for this pur- 

 pose, veneer- or splice-grafting being usually 

 employed ; sometimes also increased by root- 

 prouts. For futber horticultural advice, see Hickonj- 

 II ttmi Pecan. 

 There are about 10 species of Hickory, all in E. N. 



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.ith solid 

 7 serrate 

 I thelvs.; 

 ;ins, each 



1060. Folii 



:s^Xtr/i'>/>/, 



and pistillate flowers of Hicoria Pecan. 



iJiVc— Ohio .Vnsrular. ovate, medium to large in size: kernel 

 plump, bright and of fine quality: shell thin andot good crack- 

 ing quality: tree regularly productive. 



Vfoodbou me.— Pa. Long, compressed ovate, large and smooth : 

 kernel tender and of very high quality: shell rather thick, but 

 cracks wfil 



PiGNi I n,' il ,l,it , i.roas sweet-flavored forms 



>founcliiit)- ■'. > ni' :it least has been deemed 



worthj ..' I II, delicate flavor. thin shell 



Brarkiii 1.. ( I,. ,1 h - 1 I. M-.-ssed, smooth and of gray- 

 ish color, nieduim to i.irge in si/,e- kernel plump, sweet and of 

 delicnte flavor: shell ver> thin, and easily freed from the kernel. 

 Wm. a. Taylok. 



HICOBIA {from its aboriginal name) Syn., Cirya. 

 Ju(]land(icece, Hickory. Hardy ornamental trees, with 

 rather large, deciduous odd-pinnate Ivs., small green 

 ish fls.,the staminate ones in conspicuous pendulous 

 racemes, and with rather large, green, dehiscent fruits 



America from Can 



pith: Ivs. alternati 



Ifts.: fls. nionceciu 



staminate Hs. inaxi 



fl. with 3-10 stamc-ri-, i-.m. m M,, ■, , i ,,i a 3-lobed 



bract; pistillate rts. in a li-iniinal, 2-lU-lld. cluster or 



spike, consisting of a 1-celled ovary enclosed by a 4- 



lobed involucre: fr. globular to oblong, with a husk 



separating into 4 valves and a bony nut, incompletely 



2-4-celled. See also Rep. Missouri Bot. Gard. 7, p. 28- 



42, pi. 1-23, and Rep, of V. S. Dept. of Agric. Div. 



of Poinol. Nut-Culture ( 1890), cited below as U.S.N. C. 



(the first number referring to the plate, the second and 



third to the figure). 



A. Scales of buds valvate, 4-6: fr. with winged snlures; 



nut usually thin-shelled: Ifts. 7-lS, usually falcate. 



B. Nut mostly elongated, almost, terete: husk thin, 

 spliltuig to the baie ■ kernel sweet. 



Fec&n, Britt (U&rya olna>fdimis, Nutt.). Pecan 

 Fig. 1060. Tall tree, to 170 ft , with the branches pubes- 

 cent when young : bark deeply 

 furrowed, grayish brown Itts ^i^ 



11-17, short - stalked, ol.ld,.,' > 



lanceolate, acuminate, sen it. 

 or doubly serrate, tomentosc 

 and glandular when young, usu- 

 ally glabrous at length, 4-7 in. 

 long: staminate catkins almost 

 sessile : fr. 3-10 m clusters or 

 spikes, oblong, 1 '-$-3'^ m long; 

 nut ovoid or oblong, smooth, 

 brown, irregularh niaiktd with 

 dark brown, 2-celle(l at the 

 base; kernel sweet. From Iowa 

 and Ind. south to Alab. and 

 Tex.; also in Mexico. S.S. 7: 



338-39. A. G. 12:273-75. U.S. —.■"...■- 



N.C. 1,8, 9. — This species is the most important as a 

 fruit tree, ani many named varieties are cultivated in 

 the southern states, but it is tender North. The wood 

 is less valuable than that of the other species. Hy- 

 brids of this species are known with S. minima, alba 



