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Apple tree, Malus domestica, is the most common and recognizable fruit-bearing tree. Worldwide, 7500 varieties of apples are grown. Api or Christmas Apple is one of the oldest varieties in existence. Humans have been enjoying apples since at least 6500 B.C.
Baobab, Adansonia digitata, is the largest succulent fruit tree in the world.
Coco de mer, Lodoicea maldivica, is the world’s largest seed. "A single seed may be 30cm long, 90cm in circumference and weigh 20kg". The Coco de Mer fruit is a drupe.
Coconut palm, Cocos nucifera, botanically speaking is not a tree, since there is no bark, no branches, or secondary growth. A coconut palm is a woody perennial monocotyledon with the trunk being the stem. Additionally, the coconut is a fibrous one-seeded drupe not a nut.
Jackfruit, Artocarpus heterophyllus, produces the largest tree-borne fruit. It reaches as much as 36 kg in weight and up to 90 cm long and 50 cm in diameter.
Maidenhair Tree, Ginkgo biloba, is the most cold hardy nut tree. -50 °C (-58 °F). It is known as a 'living fossil', since it is the sole survivor of an ancient group of trees that date back to beyond the time of the dinosaurs.
Peach, Prunus persica, was once known as the Persian apple.
Satsuma Citrus reticulate, is the list cold hardy citrus tree. -10°C (14 °F).
Trifoliate orange, Poncirus trifoliata, is the coldest hardy citrus tree. -30 °C (-22 °F).
Fruit Trees Nut Trees
Fruit and nut trees are special and unlike vegetables they will produce for a lot of years with a better return on effort than anything else in the garden.
In addition to fruit and nut production these trees can be value for shade, timber and as a support for climbing plants. Their crops are good sources of vitamins, minerals, fats and protein and make perfect snacks for kids.
While the planting location of a tree is highly important for a successful production of fruit and nuts, when selecting a fruit tree or a nut tree from your local nursery, some additional factors you should consider are:
* tree shape and size
* taste, texture and use of fruit
* time of harvest season
* disease and pest resistance.
Multi-Grafted trees are an alternative for small gardens where space is limited and several types of fruit are desired.

Beechnut Tree | Beechmast – Fagus sp.

Posted on October 08th, 2009 in Nut Trees

Beechnut trees, Beechmast – Fagus sp. are evergreen nut bearing trees encountered in temperate zones across Europe and North America. The Beechnut Tree flourish in cool climates at high summits and tolerate shade. The beechnut trees are of the Fagaceae family the genus Fagus.

Leaves of beech trees are sparsely or completely serrated, ranging from 5-15 cm in length and 4-10 cm in width. The flowers are small monoecious; male and female flowers on the same tree. Female flowers are borne in pairs, male flowers; catkins, produced in springtime not long after the new foliage appears.

Beechnut Tree fruit and Nuts

The Beechnut Tree fruit is a small, sharply three-angled nut, 10-15 mm long, borne individually or in couples in a soft-spined cup 1.5-2.5 cm long, known as cupules which change from green to brown as it matures. The beechnuts also known as beechmast are edible nuts, although somewhat bitter.

The cupules are shed in late summertime and the nuts fall to the ground over a period of a few weeks and they degenerate inside two weeks unless harvested and dried out. The kernels within the shells make up less than 50% by weight of the nut. This implies over half the nut is shell.

As nuts go, beechnuts are not terribly intoxicating, since they are sort of small and hard to harvest, but they have been utilized historically as a food source by a number of native peoples. Beechnuts can be consumed out of hand as well as being ground up and added to breads, or included in sweets such as biscuits.

Roasting makes them easier to uncase after which they are chafed and sifted to eliminate the small hairs. After salting and drying out, the beechnuts are consumed whole or ground into a meal to be added up to breads. The nuts have a good flavor.

American beechnut – fagus grandifolia

This is one of approximately ten kinds of Beechnut Tree found in the northerly temperate zones. It is thriving particularly in the Allegheny Mountains. Because the meat inside the nut clings to the nut shell, making it difficult to remove and difficulty of harvesting, because of the short period of time, Fagus grandifolia is not largely harvested and soon after the fresh nuts fall will commence to spoil unless quickly gathered up and dried. However, nuts of the American beech are sweet and have a protein content of about 20 percent.

There is a Black Beech grown in Kentucky that has nuts that are black and about double the size of the average beechnut. When these are oil roasted or dry roasted, have a first-class flavor and with numerous ways to eat them.

European beechnut, fagus sylvatica

The European beechnut also produces edible nuts but have never been a popular food item for human consumption and were only eaten when driven by extreme hunger. It is used primarily for their useful oil. In France, the nuts are roasted, ground, and served up as a coffee substitute. More frequent of the beechnut is the gathering and the extraction of oil from them by a pressing serve. Beechnut oil is employed in cooking and also as a salad oil. Occasionally it is used as a butter replacement. This is more popular in France.

Beechnut Tree Propagation Methods

Propagation of the tree is by seeds. The beechnut is generally grown for the beauty of the tree and for the plentiful supply of the nut for wild animals and farmed raised pigs.

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