Great Trees for Christmas Nuts 21
Nuts are a common enjoyment all year around but especially at Christmas. What are some of the traditional nuts enjoyed in America that can also be grown?
1. Almonds – The almond tree produces a fruit rather than a nut, although the almond tree’s fruit is considered a nut, technically it is called a drupe. Unlike true nuts, almonds develop a leathery flesh outside of the shell, which is usually discarded. Almonds are not only tasty but high in protein, low in carbohydrates and contain many essential vitamins and minerals. Almonds bloom earlier than any other nut tree, as early as February some years and continue until March. Growers of almond trees recognize the importance of bees for pollination, especially in commercial orchards. Two varieties of almonds are necessary for cross-pollination to be successful.
2. Chestnuts – “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire”, says the popular Christmas song. The Chestnut tree is a fast-growing tree. Their mature heights vary from the smallest species of chinkapins, often shrubby, to the giant of past American forests, Castanea dentata that could reach 60m. Fresh chestnut fruits have about 180 calories to 200 calories per 100 gr. of product; it is nevertheless much lower than that of walnuts, almonds, other nuts and dried fruit. Chestnuts contain no cholesterol and contain very little fat, mostly unsaturated, and no gluten. Chestnuts carbohydrate content compares with that of wheat and rice. In some areas Sweet Chestnut trees are called “the bread tree”. Chestnuts are the only nuts that carry Vitamin C. Dried chestnuts have more than double that amount with 16.6 mg. for one ounce, as much as the lemon.
Chestnuts are probably one of the first foods eaten by man. The chestnut tree was first introduced to Europe via Greece. The majority of the chestnut trees currently found in America are of native European stock, but Native Americans feasted on America’s own variety,
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