"good-boy" wrote in message
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They are not ripe enough to rattle.

The weight wil tell you whether there are nuts in there.

The skill will come in time.

Alan


In fact there are some odd ones left on the bushes, that have just got
the end chewed off, showing the whites of the kernal, and have only
been half eaten.

Not sure why.

Feel of them as you shake them - the ones with shrivelled kernels will
rattle.