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Near a collection of fire hydrants north of Bagley Hall is a European
Chestnut tree, its trunk about one and a half feet thick. Recall the
Skagit Lane horse chestnuts,
and note that
this has different leaves, flowers and nuts. Each leaf is prominently
ribbed with straight veins ending in pointy teeth. The flowers are narrow
spikes, heavy smelling, creamy-white in late June or July. Needles
completely cover the nut husks. Most of the nuts are hollow, small duds;
good ones are plump and quite like the kind offered for sale. Raw they
are puckery; roasted they're a delicacy.
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![[Flower spikes of European Chestnut]](/home/treetour/graphics/68euche.jpg)
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Tree Tour