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["Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>]

I have posted a few questions about beechnuts this year.  Thanks to some
tips that NAFEX members shared with me, I located some trees in my
neighborhood that were loaded with beechnuts this fall.  I took some
pictures over a month ago of these nuts.  Here is a link to one of these
photos.
http://mysite.verizon.net/piper33/beechnuts.jpg
As you can see in the picture, beechnuts are not big.  I would compare them
in size to small pinenuts.  They are very bland and loaded with oil.
Roasting them makes them an interesting nibble.  I know this is old news to
many of you, but I thought some new fruit explorers would find this
information useful.
-Mark Lee, Seattle  zone 7B/8A