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THE .NUT CULT CRIST. 



NUMBO. Burs medium, and distinctly long pointed 

 before opening, as shown in Fig. 26, the four divisions of 

 the burs extending an inch or more beyond the nut as 



they open. This is an 

 exceptional form of 

 the bur, and will ena- 

 ble almost any person 

 to recognize the vari- 

 ety with bearing trees. 

 Spines only medium 

 in length (Fig. 27), 

 FIG. 27. SPINES OF NUMBo CHESTNUT, and not as strong as in 

 most other varieties of this species. Nuts very large 

 (Fig. 28), smooth, decidedly pointed, light brown when 

 first mature, and of good fla- 

 vor. Tree hardy and a vig- 

 orous, free grower, and is 

 very productive even when 

 young. The original tree is 

 now some forty years old, 

 and is one of a large number 

 raised from imported nuts, 

 by the late Mahlon Moon, of 

 Morrisville, Pa. 



MILLER'S DUPONT. 

 Burs large, spines long and FIG. 28. NUMBO CHESTNUT. 

 strong but not as stout as in some of the closely related 

 varieties. Nut medium, and kernel of fair quality. A 

 promising variety. Origin unknown. Eeceived from 

 Jos. Evans, Delaware Co., Pa. 



PARAGON. Burs of immense size, often five inches 

 and more in lateral diameter ; distinctly flattened on the 

 top, or cushion shape (Fig. 29) ; spines an inch in 

 length, widely and irregularly branching from a stout 

 stem springing from a thick, fleshy husk, as shown in 

 Tig. 30, the whole making an involucre or bur out of 



