Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant Specimen Tree For Sale In Pittsburgh

* The very high proportion of beta-carotene (provitamin A) makes the kaki fruit nutritionally valuable. * Dark green shiny leaves turn red, orange, and yellow in the fall. * It is similar in shape to an apple tree.

* A decoction of the peeled stems has been drunk in the treatment of backaches. Showy mountain-ash is very similar to the closely related American mountain-ash. However, a useful distinguishing feature of this species is its shiny, sticky buds.

* The fruit has a slightly acid, sweet aromatic flavour, they can be eaten out of hand or cooked in pies, sauces, jellies etc. * The fruits are the sweetest when soft and orange. * Loquats are unusual among fruit trees in that the flowers appear in the...

* Maclura tricuspidata is a tree native to East Asia , occasionally grown for its fruit , somewhat similar to that of the related mulberry ( Morus spp.). It grows up to 6 m high. * An infusion of the wood is used to treat sore or weak eyes.

* Grows like mad; tolerant of cities and poor soil; tends to sucker; sometimes used as a street tree; 8" leaves yellow-green in fall; red fruit. * Other names include Halibun, Kalivon, Kozo, and Tapacloth tree.

This is a delicious seed and it makes very pleasant eating. * The seed can be eaten raw or cooked. * Araucaria araucana is a popular garden tree, planted for its unusual effect of the thick, 'reptilian' branches with a very symmetrical appearance.

* Leaves opening coppery-red , turning to soft green in summer and then to shades of red, orange and yellow in autumn. * The plants are covered with one inch wide white flowers in spring, followed by edible black berries.

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

* The seed is up to 25mm long. * The Pinon Pine ( Pinus edulis ) is a small to medium size tree , reaching 10-20 m tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 80 cm, rarely more. * The pinon pine (Pinus edulis) is the state tree of New Mexico.

* The fruit has a sweet flavor. * It is native to eastern U.S. and much used in Europe. * The fruit is rich in iron and copper. * It is a good bird plant with 3/8" purple-black fruit that they love to eat.

* 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...

* The cooked seed was used as a staple food by several native North American Indian tribes * Oaks may be the single most important genus used by wildlife for food and cover in California forests and rangelands.

* Bartletts are traditionally known as the canning pear due to their "definitive flavor and sweetness," making them well-suited for many forms of processing. * It is a cultivar (cultivated variety) of the species Pyrus communis, commonly known as the...

* The fruit contains about 4.9% sugars, 3.2% protein, 0.9% pectin. * The average yield from wild trees in the Himalayas is 83kg per year, though some trees yield up to 200kg. * The fruit tends to be quite large and fragrant, and when carefully wrapped...

* The Blue Oak ( Quercus douglasii ) is an oak in the white oak section of the genus, Quercus sect. * It is also sometimes known as the Mountain Oak, and occasionally the Iron Oak.

In favourable conditions, it makes a tree to 30 m, rarely 40 m tall. * The oldest tree VPK02, collected in the San Mateo Mountains of New Mexico by Henri Grissino-Mayer, J. * The seed can be eaten raw or cooked.

This density makes it valuable for crafting into tool handles, parts for machines, etc. The fully ripe fruit has a somewhat plum-like flavour and texture and is very nice eating, but the unripe fruit is rather astringent.

The skin (or pellicle) of the seed is easily peeled. * Chinese chestnuts have evolved over a long period of time in coexistence with the bark fungal disease chestnut blight and have evolved a very successful resistance to the blight, probably more so...

Soot obtained from burning the heartwood supplied a pigment for traditional tattooing (t? * The seeds are dispersed by birds, which eat the fleshy scale and pass the seeds in their droppings.

* This is the most commonly grown plum at least in Europe, and most prunes (dried plums) are made from fruits of this species. Their early flowering and fruiting means that they require a sheltered spot away from frosts and cold winds.

It is not a true fruit but a swollen receptacle. The fruit is sweet and fragrant with a pear-like flavour. * The seeds are diuretic and are used in the treatment of alcohol overdose.

* The fruit has an exquisitely rich flavour when it is fully ripe. Kaki is said to be better, but D. Lotus is sometimes used as an understock for that species. Also an excellent tree for Bonsai on its own.

* A dense, low-growing, sometimes prostrate species; varies from seed; "of great beauty" (Dirr); 3" needles; native to alpine zone of Japan, also Korea, Manchuria, Sakhalin. In the mountains of northern Japan , it sometimes hybridises with the related...

* The seed is up to 25mm long. * The Pinon Pine ( Pinus edulis ) is a small to medium size tree , reaching 10-20 m tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 80 cm, rarely more. * The pinon pine (Pinus edulis) is the state tree of New Mexico.

* When found in a truly wild situation this species is considered to be an indication of primary woodland. * White flowers in May in loose clusters to 4", followed by 1/2" brown fruits, edible when overripe, formerly used in medicine; leaves resemble...

The oil from the seeds may be processed into soap or lubricants. * This species contains the gallotannin 1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-galloyl-beta-D-glucose, a compound that may be used in radioprotection.

Uses: Plywood, cabinet work, furniture, flooring, mouldings and linings, boat building. They disintegrate at maturity to release the nut-like edible seeds. Virtually odourless. The tallest tree in the Register is currently a 42.5 m specimen (measured...