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Merribrooke — From Stamford, Conn. Next to tlie Rush the best 

 native hazels so far found. 



Merveille de Bolwiller — From Erfurt, Germany. A fine variety. 



Noce Lunghe — A fine variety. 



Red Aveline — A fine variety formerly marketed to (juite an extent 

 but discontinued because of its small size. 



Red Lambert — A fine variety from Erfurt, Germany. 



Rush- — From I>ancaster, Pa. A variety of American hazel large 

 enough to be marketed. 



Winkler — Parent bush in Des Moines Co., la. Nuts the largest 

 of any pure American hazel yet found. 



White Aveline — A fine variety formerly marketed to quite an ex- 

 tent but discontinued because of its small size. 



White Lambert — A fine variety from Erfurt, Germany. One of 

 the best. 



There are many other European varieties that have been planted 

 to some extent in this country. 



Heartnuts 



These are sometimes called smooth shelled butternuts. They are 

 native of Japan. They bear young and prolifically and give promise 

 of being of commercial importance. 



Varieties : — 



Bates — ^Parent tree in Jackson, S. C. 



Faust — Parent tree in Bamberg, S. C. 



Lancaster — Parent tree near Lancaster, Pa. Tree vigorous and 

 bears prolifically. The variety that has been propagated most largely. 

 Winter kills in exposed locations. 



Ritchie — Parent tree in Virginia. 



Stranger — Parent tree in Jackson, S. C. 



Hichories 



They were the first northern native nuts to be propagated by 

 grafting but they are today the nuts on which our knowledge of be- 

 havior under orchard conditions is the most meagre. There are some 

 15 species native in the United States and the number of varieties 

 is large and growing. 



Like the wood and the shell which are proverbally hard the hickory 



