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" By treating and packing the nuts at once the 

 worms do not seem to develop. That simple 

 remedy costs less than 2 cents a bushel as we apply 

 it. Customers come back to us now for more 

 chestnuts even at advanced prices. They are very 

 much encouraged over the business. Last year the 

 revenue would make a good rent for the farm they 

 grew on and a minimum expense on land where I 

 cannot raise anything else. Some neighbors who 

 have gone into the business as a specialty have not 

 succeeded so well. It is much better to feel one's 

 way in this business than to embark in it largely. 



" At first the new Japanese chestnuts were a 

 novelty and the bigger they were the better they 

 sold. Bitter nuts sold just as well as the other 

 kind on account of size, but people have learned 

 better, and large nuts are now hard to sell. Our 

 chief varieties are Cooper, Paragon, Numbo, and 

 Scott. Most of my grafting has been with suckers, 

 but if I wanted to start with nuts I would recom- 

 mend home growing rather than buying nursery 

 trees, because these frequently die. A nice way is to 

 start the native sweet chestnuts in flower pots. Nut 

 trees have tap roots which make them difficult to 

 transplant, but by putting them in pots or kegs one 

 can control the tap root ; besides the pots can be 

 set in the garden in convenient places and protected 

 easily during the first year, after which they may 

 be put in their permanent positions." 



ENGLISH WALNUT 



Several varieties of English walnut have proved 

 hardy in New Jersey, western New York, Penn- 

 sylvania, Ohio, and southward, as well as in Cali- 

 fornia. Some of these varieties are listed by seed- 



