Carya ovata
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Read about Carya ovata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Carya ovata, Koch (Hicoria ovata, Brit. C. alba, Nutt.). Shellbark-hickory. Also Little Shellbark-Hickory, although the latter name by some is applied to the preceding. Figs. 830, 831. Tree, occasionally to 120 ft.: lfts. generally 5, sessile, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, densely fimbriate, pubescent and glandular when young, glabrous at length, 4-6 in. long: fr. subglobose, about 1½-2½ in. long; nut white, oblong to broadly obovate, 4-angled; kernel sweet. From Que. to Minn., south to Fla. and Texas. S.S. 7:346-7. Em. 217. U.S.N.C. 10. A.G. 11:386, 6, 9; 387, 3; 388, 11. Gng. 7:51. A.F. 14:339.—Next to Pecan the best as a fruit tree, especially for northern states, where the pecan is not quite hardy. Several named varieties are in trade, of which probably var. Halesii, Hort., with large, thin-shelled nut, is the best known. An ornamental, often very picturesque tree; the stout branches forming a rather broad, usually somewhat open, head. Var. Nuttallii, Sarg. (C. microcarpa, Nutt. in part). Fr. smaller; nut rounded, usually obcordate, much compressed and prominently angled, about ½in. across. Mass, to Pa. and Mo. Nuttall, Silv. N. Am. 1:13. Var. fraxinifolia, Sarg. Lfts. lanceolate or nearly oblanceolate, the terminal one 5-6 in. long and l¾-2 in. wide: fr. generally smaller, ovoid, pointed, 1¼ in. long; nut long-pointed. W. N. Y. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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