No, don’t think squash, think trees In the 1960s, a serious canker disease began to afflict the american butternut crop, particularly devastating commercial producers since it seems to attack large clusters of trees more quickly Butternut (juglans cinerea) is a species of walnut tree that is native to the eastern united states and canada
Butternut Giraffe
And the nuts that grow on these wild trees are easy to process and delicious to eat
Read on for more butternut tree information.
The tree is economically important locally for its edible nuts and for a yellow or orange dye obtained from the fruit husks. This can really help pick you pick them out from a distance I like to show off the butternut shape in minimalist preparations One of my favorites is sprinkled on yogurt cheese with pine cone syrup or mugolio.
Butternut has inconspicuous male flowers in drooping clusters and female flowers in terminal spikes Fruit is an oval husk, up to 2 inches in diameter and contains an edible nut. The nuts are a preferred food of squirrels and other wildlife. The butternut (juglans cinerea), also known as white walnut, is a native north american tree closely related to the black walnut (juglans nigra)
