From: riburr@shentel.net   
      
   Steve Peek wrote:   
   > "Frederick Burroughs" wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Hickory is very closely related to Pecan.  Pecan trees are sometimes   
   >> selected to grow truffles.  Bitternut Hickory, Carya cordiformis (the most   
   >> prevalent in my area), foliage is very high in calcium and helps to   
   >> improve the soil.  If I were to start looking for truffles in my area, I'd   
   >> probably start with the Hickories that are everywhere in the forest.   
   >>   
   > Man, you need to taste some different hickory nuts (there are different   
   > varieties). My grandmother used to make a hickorynut pound cake the was "to   
   > die for".   
   >   
      
   Bitternut Hickory is the species ubiquitous in my area.  These are all   
   over my yard.  The nuts are inedible.  I've seen a specimen or two of   
   Shagbark Hickory in the higher elevations where I live, and much more   
   prevalently in the higher elevations further south in Virginia.  *It*   
   supposedly has a very tasty nut, but I haven't tried it.   
      
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