Of the dozen or so American hickories, shellbark and shagbark hickory trees have shown some promise as edible nut producers. These are the only two Carya species (with the exception of pecan ...

The shellbark hickory (Carya ... in clusters of seven to nine leaflets. Oval nuts have a five- to six-sectioned husk and are the largest of the hickory species. The mockernut hickory (Carya ...

There is a very tall tree in my backyard that is dropping these nuts everywhere ... the Bitternut hickory, isn’t exactly tasty, as its name would imply, but the Shagbark and Shellbark are ...

Shellbark Hickory and Shagbark Hickory acorns for between five and 20-dollars a bushel. He explains what’s being done with all of those nuts.They’ll be stored in the cooler, Jacob says ...

In this edition of ID That Tree, learn how to tell Red Hickory apart from its cousins shellbark, shagbark and pignut hickory ... buds and twigs free of hairs, and lastly nuts with a husk that ...

Shagbark hickory (Carya ovata) is well named, for the long strips of bark with ends curling away from the trunk do give it a truly shaggy appearance. Shellbark ... pale brown nuts, each about ...

The thinner shell can also go through the oil press, which saves Geyer the tedious labor of shelling the nuts. Other native hickory varieties, like shagbark and shellbark, are tasty to eat ...