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

Tue Nov 22 16:29:48 EST 2016

Please don't get me wrong but a youngster got one in the eye. He survived. Happy to know all of you survived. Let's maybe question  why cities ban Aesculus ssp. For allergy reasons ? chestnut trees are great for their spring flowering show, their shade and how they sometimes feed naturally raised boar and pigs out in the open. 

Elaine 
Plani Gester
Arboriculture - Foresterie urbaine 

> Le 22 nov. 2016 à 3:44 PM, Jim McCready <jdmccready at bell.net> a écrit :
> 
> 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.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> 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
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> BioForest
>>>> #8-180 Norseman Street, Toronto, ON M8Z 2R4
>>>> 
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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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>>>>> Message: 1
>>>>> 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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