You Call It Juglans Cinerea—-I Call it Agony

Oct 17, 2014

Anybody out there recognize that picture?  Anyone out there know what that is?  The scientific name is Juglans cinerea but the common name is Butternut.  Not squash although the above picture shows a squashed butternut in the Mason City Public Library parking lot.  It is a type of walnut. It is sometimes referred to as a white walnut.  I refer to it as agony. Why, in heavens name, would I call this simple and seemingly innocent item "agony"?  It doesn't look like it deserves that title at …