Timber Tree Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant For Sale In Portland

Peels easily; the Australian plywood industry was founded largely on hoop pine. Widely available" At one time used for butter boxes, fruit boxes. Durable in the dry but may be susceptible to fungi.

* The fruit is a nut , produced in bunches of 4-10 together; the nut is spherical, 3-5 cm long and broad, surrounded by a green husk before maturity in mid autumn. * The very bold, decorative leaves and the attractive catkins produced in spring make it...

* A high percentage of the wood is used for products where strength, hardness, and flexibility are needed. * Native region from Massachusetts south to Florida and Texas; nearly round nuts; scaly dark gray bark; of open habit; hard shelled, edible nuts.

* The oldest tree VPK02, collected in the San Mateo Mountains of New Mexico by Henri Grissino-Mayer, J. In favourable conditions, it makes a tree to 30 m, rarely 40 m tall. It is typically a high-elevation pine, often growing mixed with several other...

* Apricot kernels are a component in traditional Chinese medicine. * It is a small tree, 8–12 m tall, with a trunk up to 40 cm diameter and a dense, spreading canopy. * The fruit is a drupe similar to a small peach , 1.5–2.5 cm diameter, from yellow...

Not of a good taste. The poor taste is probably due, at least in part, to the presence of tannins. These can be removed by soaking the seed in water for a few days, changing the soak water regularly.

* The kaki is among the oldest plants in cultivation, known for its use in China for more than 2000 years. * The very high proportion of beta-carotene (provitamin A) makes the kaki fruit nutritionally valuable.

* An extract from the leaves has been reportedly successful in lowering elevated blood pressure by its decreasing peripheral vascular resistance. * The fruit is dark green, prickly (or bristled), egg-shaped and can be up to 30 centimetres (12 in) long,...

* The California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC) classifies the potential impact of Phoenix canariensis on native ecosystems as limited. * It is the natural symbol of the Canary Islands.

It is a large tree, capable of reaching heights of up to 45 m tall and 3m trunk diameter, though more typically 25-35 m tall and up to 1.5 m trunk diameter. * Large stately tree with smooth pale gray bark and obovate leaves widest near the tips, 6" veins;...

The seed ripens in late autumn and, when stored in its shell in a cool place, will keep for at least 6 months. It has a sweet flavour and is highly esteemed by the Chinese. * The seed is eaten raw or cooked.

* It is a popular garden tree in subtropical areas, planted for its unusual effect of the thick, 'reptilian' branches with a very symmetrical appearance. * The species is widely used in folk medicine.

When the railroads penetrated these areas, imported coal supplanted locally-produced charcoal. * The edible seeds, pine nuts, are collected throughout its range; in many areas, the seed harvest rights are owned by Native American tribes, for whom the...

* It is among the oldest plants in cultivation. Also an excellent tree for Bonsai on its own. Lotus is sometimes used as an understock for that species. * Diospyros lotus , better known as the Date-plum or Caucasian Persimmon is a widely cultivated species...

Like the American mountain-ash (Sorbus Americana), the showy mountain-ash has pinnately compound leaves and often large clusters of flowers and fruits. * A decoction of the peeled stems has been drunk in the treatment of backaches.

* Wood - hard, strong, tough, very flexible. * The wood is used for a variety of products, including fuel for home heating. * The pear-shaped nut ripens in September and October and is an important part of the diet of many wild animals.

It is cultivated as an ornamental tree. * The species is found in scattered populations over much of the eastern United States, as far north as West Virginia, south to northern Florida, and west to Oklahoma.

* A high percentage of the wood is used for products where strength, hardness, and flexibility are needed. * Native region from Massachusetts south to Florida and Texas; nearly round nuts; scaly dark gray bark; of open habit; hard shelled, edible nuts.

* It is often eaten raw, but holds its shape well when baked, and is a common choice for canned or other processed pear uses. * It is a cultivar (cultivated variety) of the species Pyrus communis, commonly known as the European Pear.

* The seed is eaten raw or cooked in pies, cakes etc. Sweet, with a very fine flavour, it has the largest seeds of the hickories, up to 5cm long. Probably the finest flavoured hickory.

* When growing in the wild the azerole bears plentiful crops of haw fruits, which are similar to the haws of the European common hawthorn, but plumper. * n the Arabic-speaking countries it is the commonest of the hawthorn species; in the Arabic language...

Rather thin-shelled, the seed is small and sweet. The seed is up to 3cm long. The seed ripens in late autumn and, when stored in its shell in a cool place, will keep for at least 6 months.

* The fruit is sweet and aromatic with the flavour of apricots. * The seed contains up to 45% of an edible oil, it is used mainly for margarines. * They can also be made into jellies, jams, pies, cakes etc.

When fully ripe it can be eaten raw. The flowers are produced in early spring, 2 cm diameter with five white petals. The leaves are 6-12 cm long and 2.5-5 cm broad, with a serrated margin.

* A delicious slightly acid flavour, it makes an excellent dessert fruit and can be eaten in quantity. * Black mulberry ( Morus nigra ) is a species of mulberry . * Of crooked, wide-spreading habit; berries eaten raw and used in jam and wine; dark red,...

A good mature tree will produce commercial timber used for furniture and crates. * The wood of the roots is sometimes used for making floats instead of cork. * The fruit is occasionally eaten raw but more often used in preserves.

The dried flower stems repel insects and rodents. * A shrub or small tree with bright green compound leaves; yellow-white flowers in 4-6" flat-topped clusters, followed by quantities of dark blue-black berries used in jelly, pie, and wine; native to Pacific...