NUTS

(Lat. mix.) The fruit of different species of Coryli or hazels. The kernels have a mild farinaceous oily taste, agreeable to most palates; a kind of chocolate has been prepared from them, and they have sometimes been made into bread. The expre ed oil of hazel nuts is little inferior to that of almonds. Besides those raised at home, nuts are imported from different parts of France, Portugal, and Spain, but chiefly from the latter. The Spanish nuts in highest estimation, though sold by the name of Barcelona nuts, are not shipped from thence, but from Tarragon a, whence the average annual export is estimated at from 25,000 to 30,000 bags, four to the ton. The annual entries of nuts for home consumption amount to from 100,000 to 125,000 bushels; the dutv of 2s. a bushel yielding from £10,000 to £12,000 nett. (Commercial Diet). [s. 854]