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Butternuts are naturally a more northerly species than black walnuts but have not been so widely planted in North Dakota.

From Northern Nut Growers Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 17, 18, and 19, 1930 by Northern Nut Growers Association

I came up to see if there were any Butternuts in Butler county.

From The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes by Howard, James Quay

That the improvised "Butternuts" failed to discover, and the Commandant set his own wits to working.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 by Various

Butternuts have a range extending further north and they are more subject to disease than the black walnuts.

From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919 by Northern Nut Growers Association

On the route to Lake Ontario you pass towns with such names as Manlius, Sempronius, Titus, Cato, and then you come to Butternuts.

From Diary in America, Series One by Marryat, Frederick