Object: Acorns

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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.