[CANUFNET] Urban Forest Edible Nut Trees - CANUFNET Digest, Vol 141, Issue 10

Tue Nov 22 15:43:06 EST 2016

Mark/ Michael
I agree folks are too careful these days. Is a "Conker" the same as a "dony-wacker". That is what we used to call them in Toronto growing up. Yes they did hurt but we all survived.

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> On Nov 22, 2016, at 2:30 PM, "Burleton, Mark" <mark.burleton at ncc-ccn.ca> wrote:
> 
> ‎I totally agree Michael. I not sure any child would know a "conker" these days,  and has any one tried eating one it's not easy! I survived. MB 
> 
>   Original Message  
> From: Michael Richardson
> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 12:00 PM
> To: Canadian Urban Forest Network
> Reply To: Canadian Urban Forest Network
> Subject: Re: [CANUFNET] Urban Forest Edible Nut Trees - CANUFNET Digest, Vol 141, Issue 10
> 
> I think that suggesting that horse chestnuts can seriously harm people and
> animals is a little bit of scare mongering. I have no doubt people are
> injured but on top of battling with nuts and conkers as a child I was also
> injured falling off bikes, falling out of trees, playing sports, fighting,
> falling off playground equipment, etc. I imagine the risk of injury is
> far less from a marauding Horse Chestnut than running across the street.
> 
> Horse chestnut is just another tree to apply "the right tree in the right
> place".
> 
> Michael
> 
>> This species if not welcomed anymore near city and public areas, the
>> spiked shell is dangerous and can harm someone seriously if thrown
>> vigorously at a person or an animal.
>> 
>> If I mentioned this species in my reply, it pertained as an answer on nut
>> bearing trees in different areas.
>> 
>> Thank you
>> 
>> Elaine Ethier
>> Plani Gester
>> Aménagement, foresterie urbaine
>> 
>>> Le 22 nov. 2016 à 11:07, Barker John <jbarker at lallemand.com> a écrit :
>>> 
>>> Dear Hank,
>>> 
>>> Please note that if you are planting for edible nuts Aesculus
>>> hippocastanum (horse chestnut) is not edible. The seeds resemble
>>> chestnuts (the fruit from Castanea sativa, which is unrelated to horse
>>> chestnut), but horse chestnut seeds contain toxins. Squirrels seem to be
>>> able to eat horse chestnut seeds, but they cause illness in humans if
>>> eaten.
>>> 
>>> John
>>> 
>>> E. John Barker, MFC | Urban Forest Health Specialist
>>> ISA Certified Arborist ON-2096A
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: CANUFNET [mailto:canufnet-bounces at list.web.net] On Behalf Of Hank
>>> Jones
>>> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 5:02 PM
>>> To: CUFN
>>> Subject: [CANUFNET] Urban Forest Edible Nut Trees - CANUFNET Digest, Vol
>>> 141, Issue 10
>>> 
>>> Thank you Elaine and Alice for your guidance :-) The trees you mention
>>> are all edibles, and some rough idea of numbers would be most welcome. I
>>> will contact Hudson, McGill/MacDonald and the others to drill down, to
>>> see if I can get some idea of how many trees may be known. Hank
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>>>> 1. Re: Urban nut being trees (Ethier Elaine)
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>>>> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 16:06:49 +0000
>>>> From: Ethier Elaine <elaine.ethier at umontreal.ca>
>>>> To: Canadian Urban Forest Network <canufnet at list.web.net>
>>>> Subject: Re: [CANUFNET] Urban nut being trees
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>>>> Hello,
>>>> Quite a few around churches and old cemeteries. The town of Hudson
>>>> area in Qu?bec (151 years) has quite a few nut trees planted by
>>>> settlers and since growing from seed on private and public land ;
>>>> Juglan nigra (a provincial Champion), Juglan cinerea, Quercus
>>>> macrocarpa, Quercus rubra (the biggest specimen in the province, DHP
>>>> 206cm was documented a few weeks ago) etc. Some rare nut trees in
>>>> STE-Anne de Bellevue along Lake St-Louis, Juglan cinerea at Tatja Hall
>>>> near the MacDonald campus.
>>>> 
>>>> Some are remarquable and are Heritage. The Morgan arboretum in
>>>> Senneville, managed by McGill university has many nut trees. So does
>>>> the Montreal Botanical Gardens. The Town of Oka, near the Ferry
>>>> landing and the church, have several Aesculus hippocastanus,
>>>> [image1.JPG]
>>>> 
>>>> A great White Pine forest with several great Royal eagle couples as
>>>> well as some Great Bald eagles.
>>>> 
>>>> There is an association to look at : http://www.noixduquebec.org/
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Elaine Ethier
>>>> Plani Gester
>>>> Am?nagement, foresterie urbaine
>>>> 
>>>> Le 21 nov. 2016 ? 09:57, Alice Casselman
>>>> <alice.casselman37 at gmail.com<mailto:alice.casselman37 at gmail.com>> a
>>>> ?crit :
>>>> 
>>>> Check out re school yards - i.e. I understand that toronto has
>>>> stopped planting nut trees due to allergies - e.g. kids eating the
>>>> nuts also a private home owners removed an oak tree because it dropped
>>>> acorns on his car!
>>>> so public green spaces may be best bet Alice
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Nov 18, 2016, at 3:06 PM, Hank Jones
>>>> <acorn at treenuts.ca<mailto:acorn at treenuts.ca>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Dear CUFN, I seek lists of nut bearing tree species found growing in
>>>> Canada?s urban forests. Any pointers? Hank
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