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October. — Small, yellow, shaded with ved, of poor quality. Subject to dark leathery 

 spots beneath the skin. Worthless here. 



Quaker. — A handsome, upright, spreading grower, but a shy bearer. Fruit yellow 

 with brownish-red cheek. October to November. 



Serotina. — Fruit roundish-oblate, small, about the size of a Richmond cherry; color 

 bright red. Tree dwarfish, very productive. Of no value except as a novelty. 



VARIETIES FOR HOME USE AND MARKET. 



Dartmouth. — Size medium, oblate; color bright dark red; texture crisp; quality very 

 good. Tree is upright, spreading, vigorous. Late August and early September. 



Whitney. — Medium to large, smooth and perfect in form; color dark red on yellowish 

 ground, handsome; texture crisp; flavor mild, sprightly, sub-acid; quality very good. 

 Tree is an upright, vigorous grower and an abundant bearer. 



NUTS. 



One American, three European, and four Japanese chestnuts fruited this season. 

 Paragon, one of the European group, was the most productive. It is the most promising 

 variety on trial. Cosford and Kentish Cob filberts fruited sparsely. They are valuable 

 plants for ornamental purposes and can be expected to produce some fruit under favor- 

 able conditions. The Japan walnut, Juglans Seiboldii, continues to grow thriftily and 

 again bore, as for several years past, a full crop of nuts. Pecan seedlings from Iowa, 

 planted in 1890, have grown vigorously but have not yet fruited. Three-year-old hard- 

 shelled almonds are making a strong healthy growth. Last spring they showed a few 

 blossoms, but set no fruit. English walnuts, a number of varieties of which are upon 

 trial, still continue to grow very slowly and show no signs of fruiting. 



CHESTNUTS— AMERICAN GROUP. 



Hathaway. — A seedling of the native sweet chestnut, from the late B. Hathaway of 

 Little Prairie Ronde, Mich. A tree planted in 1890 fruited for the first time this 

 season. The nuts do not appear very different from the common, sweet chestnut. They 

 are of medium size and very good quality. The tree is a moderately vigorous grower 

 with roundish head. 



CHESTNUTS— EUROPEAN GROUP. 



Comfort. — Received from Wm. Parry, Parry, N. J., in 1894. The tree is a good grower 

 but apparently a very shy bearer. The nuts are of large size and good quality and are 

 borne in large thick burs. 



Numbo. — The poorest grower among the European chestnuts on trial. A nine year 

 old tree stands less than five feet in height and has a poor, unshapely top. The nuts are 

 veiy large and quite sweet. Ripens quite early. 



Paragon. — The most promising chestnut on trial. A good grower and an early, 

 regular, very abundant bearer. A seven year old tree has borne four crops in succession 

 of large sound nuts of good quality. When in fruiting the tree presents a very 

 attractive appearance. The nuts are nearly equal to the native sweet chestnut in quality. 

 This variety should be tried by all who contemplate planting chestnut trees. 



CHESTNUTS— JAPANESE GROUP. 



Hale. — Received from J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury, Conn., in 1899. Although 

 planted but two years, this variety bore a full crop this season, thus exhibiting the 

 early bearing tendency characteristic of this group. The nuts are large and attractive in 

 appearance and are borne in round thin burs. In quality they are sweet and quite good, 

 although inclined to be a trifle dry and starchy. One of the most promising of the 

 Japanese varieties on trial. 



Japan Giant. — Planted in 189G. A moderately vigorous grower with a compact 

 roundish head; rather unproductive as yet. The nuts are of very large size, at least a 



