A TREATISE ON NUT CULTURE. 



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The Japan Chestnut comes to bearing very young, seedling trees gen- 

 erally at three to four years of age, and grafted trees at two years from graft, 

 while the Reliance, a variety remarkable for its precocity and great productive- 

 ness, frequently produces nuts the same year the grafts are set. 



Another valuable feature of the Japan chestnut is its early ripening, most 



