Image Credits
Fig7.12_WilliamWhitmanAcorns_1868
William Whitman's drawing of acorns in his copy of Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States by Asa Gray, 1868.
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Description
Acorns are produced by oak trees, extremely common in New Netherland. They are a favorite food of pigs, but can also be ground into acorn flour for consumption by humans.