. ▁ ▁F ruit ▁ ▁Some ▁f ruits ▁are ▁border line ▁and ▁difficult ▁to ▁categor ize . ▁ ▁H ick ory ▁n uts ▁( C ary a ) ▁and ▁wal n uts ▁( J ug l ans ) ▁in ▁the ▁Jug land aceae ▁family ▁grow ▁within ▁an ▁outer ▁hus k ; ▁these ▁f ruits ▁are ▁sometimes ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁dru pes ▁or ▁dru pace ous ▁n uts , ▁rather ▁than ▁true ▁botan ical ▁n uts . ▁ ▁" Try ma " ▁is ▁a ▁special ized ▁term ▁for ▁such ▁nut - like ▁dru pes . ▁ ▁Us es ▁ ▁H ick ory ▁wood ▁is ▁very ▁hard , ▁st iff , ▁dense ▁and ▁shock ▁resist ant . ▁There ▁are ▁woods ▁that ▁are ▁stronger ▁than ▁h ick ory ▁and ▁woods ▁that ▁are ▁harder , ▁but ▁the ▁combination ▁of ▁strength , ▁t ough ness , ▁hard ness , ▁and ▁st iff ness ▁found ▁in ▁h ick ory ▁wood ▁is ▁not ▁found ▁in ▁any ▁other ▁commercial ▁wood . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁used ▁for ▁tool ▁handles , ▁b ows , ▁wheel ▁sp okes , ▁c arts , ▁drum st icks , ▁lac ros se ▁stick ▁handles , ▁golf ▁club ▁sh aft s ▁( s ometimes ▁still ▁called ▁h ick ory ▁stick , ▁even ▁though ▁made ▁of ▁steel ▁or ▁graph ite ), ▁the ▁bottom ▁of ▁sk is , ▁walking ▁st icks , ▁and ▁for ▁pun itive ▁use ▁as ▁a ▁switch ▁( like ▁ha zel ), ▁and ▁especially ▁as ▁a ▁can e - like ▁h ick ory ▁stick ▁in ▁schools ▁and