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HACKBERRY

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 793 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HACKBERRY , a name given to the See also:

fruit of See also:Celtic occidentalis, belonging to the natural botanical See also:order Ulmaceae, to which also belongs the See also:elm (Ulmus). It is also known under the name of "See also:sugar-See also:berry," "See also:beaver-See also:wood" and "See also:nettle-See also:tree." The hackberry tree is of See also:middle See also:size, attaining from 6o to 8o ft. in height (though sometimes reaching 13o ft.), and with the aspect of an elm. The leaves are ovate in shape, with a very See also:long See also:taper point, rounded and usually very oblique at the See also:base, usually glabrous above and soft-pubescent beneath. The soft filmy See also:flowers appear See also:early in the See also:spring before the expansion of theleaves. The fruit is oblong, about See also:half to three-quarters of an See also:inch long, of a reddish or yellowish See also:colour when See also:young, turning to a dark See also:purple in autumn. This tree is distributed through the deep shady forests bordering See also:river See also:banks from See also:Canada (where it is very rare) to the See also:southern states. The fruit has a sweetish and slightly astringent See also:taste, and is largely eaten in the See also:United States. The seeds contain an oil like that of almonds. The bark is tough and fibrous like See also:hemp, and the wood is heavy, soft, fragile and coarse-grained, and is used for making fences and See also:furniture. The See also:root has been used as a dye for linens.

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