'Burton' is a
cultivar
A cultivar is a type of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and when propagated retain those traits. Methods used to propagate cultivars include: division, root and stem cuttings, offsets, grafting, tissue culture ...
of
hican (nut or tree), a cross between hickory and pecan, species of the genus ''
Carya''. The Burton is an edible nut of the hicans; it is considered a shagbark (smaller nuts, higher yielding). Hicans can be both edible or inedible, if the nut is larger, but the tree produces far less than a shagbark they are considered shellbarks. A seedling from 'Burton' is commonly called a 'Dooley Burton' it is also an edible hican nut. Burton and Dooley Burton nuts have a unique, yet very pleasing hickory flavor indicative of hickory trees. Of the two, Dooley Burton seedlings produce a more noticeable hickory-flavored nut.
Hickory-pecan hybrids are often unproductive.
External links
Information about the Burton
References
Edible nuts and seeds
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