LESSON XLII 

 NUTS 



Kind of nuts. Nearly all persons eat nuts as luxuries, 

 either in the natural state, or roasted, or in candies ; 

 and many people use them as regular articles of food. 

 Hickory nuts, walnuts, butternuts, chestnuts, hazel- 

 nuts, beechnuts, and pirion nuts are common examples 



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of American wild nuts. The pinon nuts are the large 

 seeds in the cones of the pinon pines of southwestern 

 United States. Chestnut trees are cultivated on some 

 farms, but in Italy and other countries of southern 

 Europe chestnuts are an important crop. In these 

 countries they are roasted, or ground into flour and 

 used to make bread. Chestnuts from these countries 

 are shipped to the United States. There are three 



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