Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1887 — Hickory Nuts. [ARTICLE]

Hickory Nuts.

“What arc kincKf* j “The stfelHiark, the mocker, the pig, and the Lit!ois- ur.-t*: The mocker ia a pipiare nut, with a very t weet axld de- , licious kernel. Cn fortunately it is very .small ahd hat d to g, : t at', ond thus, in- 1 all probability sh r'vt-s its name of “mocker.'’ The pig nutdiaa-w very thick shell, a id its IVernol Ims a disagr.ebable. LuUc. They ava the most numerous, aiiil thti bitter nut nobody 'thinks pt’o-Jiug, Lt'cruteits kernel is well r. preset)b -1 tv its flame.” . “How. liofs thc sheUbiirk look?” 1 “It is almost an ellipse in shape, and is pretty tint on the facia*,, which, howci or, arc not regular planes. The col- ! Crds steffHt .-white, with a .tendency to a Vi i-y light liiitlV A light blow oh the ' side break•> it open and the kernel conk-1 out in two pieces. It is of a pretty ‘brown anil looks rich and tempting. Ar to their UAvor, I can only say there is no foreign .lint which can surpass i t.”—Cincinnati Xstv*-Journal. .