108 THE XUT CULTUKIST. 



"The crop -sells readily at ten to twelve dollars per 

 bushel. This year (1894) some sold as low as eight dol- 

 lars, the lowest ever known for this variety." 



STYER. Burs large, round ; spines long, branching, 

 but not as coarse as those of Comfort. Nuts medium to 

 large, decidedly pointed, and the point fuzzy. Shell 

 dark browir, with a few longitudinal stripes, but not 

 ridged. A handsome nut of good quality. This variety 

 has been distributed under the name of Hannum. The 

 original tree, which is a mammoth in size, is still stand- 

 ing on the farm of a Mr. Hannum, near Concordville, 

 Delaware Co., Penn. But Mr. T. Walter Styer, of the 

 same place, is propagating and introducing it as the 

 Styer. 



Some of the varieties in this group may not prove 

 to be distinct, and later they will be relegated to their 

 proper place as synonyms, but 1 have thought it best to 

 record them by the names under which they have been 

 received. In writing these descriptions I have had the 

 nuts and leaves before me, but there may be characters 

 overlooked which will become more conspicuous as the 

 grafted trees become older and more mature. The 

 Dager chestnut, from Delaware, is a promising variety, 

 disseminated through the Department of Agriculture, 

 but as I have not seen the nuts at this writing, a descrip- 

 tion is necessarily omitted. 



Among the French varieties of this species which 

 are said to succeed admirably in California, a large pro- 

 portion would probably do equally well in Delaware and 

 further south. Among those worthy of trial I may 

 name the Avant Chataiyne, Comale, Exalade, Green 

 of Lemousin, Grosse Precoce, Jaune Rousse, Lyons, 

 Merle, Nouzillard, Quercy, etc. I have tried some of 

 these, but with such indifferent results that they were 

 abandoned. Cultivators of nut trees located in a milder 

 climate, should take advantage of whatever improve- 



