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just picked. The cap, with its fringed edge, looked like a knitted stocking cap for a doll. Empty of the acorn, it could have been a small bird’s nest, deep and snug — ready for eggs.
I immediately knew the acorn to be from the bur or mossy-cup oak: Quercus macrocarpa. Hadn’t I read about this oak for years and studied drawings of the acorn cap with its curious fringe?
“The tree was on the grounds of the Chevy Chase Country Club, in Maryland,” Betty remarked as she picked one from the bowl and handed it to me. A gift. “It was the biggest oak I have ever seen,” she added. “The ground was covered with these acorns.”
I told Betty what oak I thought had produced the acorn. We hurried home; I was anxious to check my identification. I also wanted to measure this acorn. With its mossy
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