The period of sweet chestnuts

In this November, sweet chestnuts already fell, already harvested, and proposed in the sale.

The real pleasure, of course is to collect them oneself in wood, when it is possible (for example in national forests).

These few photos to celebrate this fruit, among which the use and the consumption a little goes out of use, he(it) seems to me,
except maybe in candy, as glace chestnuts.

Definition of the term Sweet chestnut, of the dictionary of Furetiere of 1690

SWEET CHESTNUT. Fruit of a big tree which has a very prickly filling which covers a brown bark, under which is a small membrane, and finally a pulp very white and good to eat, and to make some porridge. Sweet chestnuts are very windy, the pupils are fond of boiled sweet chestnuts, we manure the pigs of sweet chestnuts in Limousin. The highlanders live all winter long of sweet chestnuts which they air on sieves, then they make them grind having peeled them, to make it some bread.

Extracted of Institutiones rei herbariae de Joseph Pitton de Tournefort
(Publishing ~1700 - personal collection)

Definition of the term Sweet chestnut tree, of the dictionary of the Business of Savary, of 1723

SWEET CHESTNUT TREE. Big known enough tree, to get out of making the description. We shall say only that it)supplies two things for the trade ; knowledge, its wood ; and its fruit, which we usually call Sweet chestnut.
The wood of Sweet chestnut tree, which is by no means good to burn, is rather appropriate for the skeleton. There are former numerous buildings the construction of which it entered a lot it: nevertheless since we noticed that the wood of oak is much better in this use, we left that of the sweet chestnut tree, which does not sell almost any more now that in circles, or hoops, to bind tanks and barrels ; or in poles, to make vine arbours, wall bars, and garden fencings.
The Prescription of Henry III of May 1580, wants, That we get away Sweet chestnut trees from the age from six to seven years ; and it is also the real age there which they have to have, to be able to make comfortably poles and circles.
The boiled Sweet chestnuts are good to eat, and their taste is pleasant. There are even countries of mountains, where the Farmers during winter, live only this fruit, which they air on sieves, to make it grind having peeled it ; whose sort of bread they make fairly good. Some also make it some porridge ; and in Limousin, where the harvest is extremely considerable there, we use it in the fattening of the pigs.
In Bordeaux, and to Libourne, it happens that a rather considerable trade of Sweet chestnuts, which get out of Limousin, and Perigord ; and it sends in Foreign countries, particularly at the Dutch people a lot, which make it spend quantity in the North.