Castanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut) in fruit. Today’s #oneadayplant . A useful tree for coppice to produce fence poles and edible fruit. While roasted chestnuts were a common autumnal food in the past, they are less eaten in the UK now, which is a shame. I like making the French sweet treat Marron glacé. The nuts are used elsewhere to make flour, polenta and much more. . Ornamentally, it is a large tree, too big for most gardens, but responds extremely well to pruning, especially coppicing hard to create long, straight poles, that rot slowly when harvested (which is why it has such great commercial value). I like the large, serrated leaves. I know a number of people, who, as kids, would strip a leaf down to its veins making it look like a fish skeleton. The only downside to the plant is that the flowers in summer stink! Thankfully they are over with fairly quickly. . #trees #castanea #castaneasativa #sweetchestnut #marronglacé #french #treats #sweets #nuts #coppice #landcraft #arboriculture #agriculture #woodland #treesofinstagram #sky #autumn #foliage #iplantsman #gardening #parkland #landscape #cookery #polenta #flour #childsplay #fencing #autumn #roastedchestnuts #chestnuts (at Crowborough, East Sussex) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEq-kgfgdPg/?igshid=ls50dlqqjb9o