BUTTERNUT. This native American tree, some times called the white walnut, bears an oblong nut covered with a thin husk or hull and having a sweet oily kernel which is very palatable. The half-grown fruit is often used also for pickling. Little attention is paid to the cultivation of the butternut though the wood is most beautifully grained and firm, and is valuable for cabi net making and gun-stocks.
From the bark and hulls of the nuts is obtained a dark brown dye. The tree has numerous spreading branches and smooth ash colored bark. It is rather small, seldom attaining a height of more than 50 feet.
The fruit is ripened in Sep tember and October. Scien tific name, Juglans cinerea.