CHESTNUT 



7 early and of good quality. Tree round 

 close-headed, vigorous, productive. 



Coe. — California. A large, very sweet variety, but re 

 cently disseminated. Tree upright, somewhat spreail 



Hale (syn.. Eighteen Months) .—California. A newly 

 introduced variety, having a large, dark brown nut of 

 excellent quality. Very precocious. 



Kent (syn.. Extra Early).— New Jersey. First fniited 

 in Delaware. Bur small; nut medium to large, dark, 

 usually 3 in a bur: very early, of good quality. Tree 

 round-headed, precocious, productive. 



.fferr.— New Jersey. First fruited in Milryland. Bur 

 small; nut medium to large, dark brown, broad, 3 in 

 a bur, early, and of f\i . 11. nt .pi.ilit.N Tree vigorous, 

 symmetrical, rndiid 111 i-i. .1 \ ' f,\ j.fnductlve. 



£'iiZe;i.— New Jt-rs, \ I'lt^t liuii.d ill Delaware. Bur 



very large; nut vt-ij liii,'!' i i lit^l it brown, slightly 



ridged, of evcflk-nt .)ni]it\ niiiU. i^i.u Tree upright, 

 o].. n spriMiliif . iiiM,l. 1 ,1, h ^ i_ us. productive. The 



M unuu'th — \\\aA'- uwxi: I. Mill, imported Japanese 

 nuts uillM.s iH,t I, st, 1, I, ! ti, iii\ p.irticular variety. 



M.uhn Ism, . (-,,1 M.iriiit -\iiv Jersey. First 

 ti-ulted in .Miirjiand. Bur iart^e; nut large to 

 very large, hroad, brjght reddi.sh brown, slightly 

 tomentose, 3 to 5 nuts iu a bur. Midseasou; of 

 good quality for coosing. Tree vigorous, open, 

 spreading, producii'-e. 



3/cFar?and.— California. Bur very large: nut 

 large, and of fine quality ; e.arly. Tree spread- 

 ing, very productive. A newly disseminated 

 variety of great promise. 



Parr^.— Japan. Bur very larK'* . nut very .J 



large, 1 to 3 in a bur, broad, ^\-M t| i •- - -■ . f'' 



times depressed; dark bmwn i , _•, ,i , * i 

 quality. Tree moderately vig- .i > 

 ing, with large leJives. Out- ..i ..- ■ 



CHICORY 



297 



eral factories have been erected, for which farm- 

 ers have shown :i williiiL-ti. ss to grow the roots. 

 It is probable T)i ir w nlnn ihi- next few years our 

 home market HI 1 1 In tulh s„|,piied from Ameri- 

 can fields, in villi li ill M li.|inii-iit reliance is placed 

 in the siilisTiriini'H i,t iiorse-power for manual 

 labor. iiiiiiri.M .1 |,|,i«s and cultivating implements 

 for i-riiil.- nil. s. iii.irliine-digging of the roots for 

 hand-<li.,'i.'iiii;. . ili.i.Tit .slicing machines, and im- 

 proved t\ .ilHiratmg kilns. 



Chicory will probably succeed wherever the 

 sugar beet is grown in this country, the climatic 

 requirements being similar. In general, it may 

 be said to thrive upon all stone-free soils that 

 will iiroduce paying staple crops, except clays, 

 lightest sands and mucks. The first are too hard, 

 the second too_dry, the third too rich in nitrogen 



Til. 



..f s., 



be 



as low land ..i 

 dry for proti r i 

 yet be made i . . 

 but if too wi-i 1 

 be found unsu 

 6f the land sin 

 crops, nitroir. n 

 phosph, 



bur ; early. Tri 



erj' large; nut 

 midseason ; of 

 cooked. Seedling of 



dwarfish s 



and pro.liii 1 1 ii i i • 



thinning, .^i i .luu^ n, 



iShcC(?SS. — New Jersn; 



very large, usually 3 ii 

 rather poor quality ui 

 Parry. Tree upright, product 



Superb (syn., Parry's Superb).— New Jersey. 

 Bur large; nut large, broad, brown, usually 3 in 

 a bur, early, and of fair quality. Tree vigorous 

 and very productive. s^^ j^^ TatLOR. 



CHEVALlfiEA, CHEVALIfiRIA, 

 CHEVALLIfiKA, CHEVALLIERIA. The 



species in the American trade are ^ch- 



i I I iiti rwiU geuerally 



I It. The fertilizing 



I I ill- ii-i 1 -ii.innfrlv, potash and 

 -i<- :i.-id rather freely-lH to IK 

 times as much of the former and 2K times 

 the latter as has been removed by the pre- 

 ceding crop. It is best to apply these 

 fertilizers to preceding crops that do not 

 make heavy demands upon them. In rota- 

 tion, Chicory is classed w^ith root crops, and 

 should be preceded by a small grain, since 

 this is harvested in time f..r f,-.ll i.|,.wiii!r. 

 Clover should not iiiim.ii iti I ii.ii !,-. 

 since it leaves tn.. inu li In- 



soil. The gronnil ill inu \ ■ i -t, 



thoroughly preiuii. .1 I. \ ill |i |.l > ii_ h ir- 

 rowing and searif\iiig with a w.Mcler. the 

 seed, which must be fresh and clean, is 

 sown rather thickly but covered thinly, in 

 drills 18 inches apart. 



There are but few well-defined varieties 

 of this plant used for field culture, and 

 even the garden sorts are not as stable as 

 could be desired. Of the former group, 

 Maardelmrr. Bnin«wi.-k ini.l S.-bl.-sische 



CHICK-PEA. See Ci, 



CHICOEY. or SUCCOEY ( Ch-horliim In- 

 tybns, Linn.). Compisihr. Fig. 4H(j. A 

 native of Europe, naturalized iu America 

 and familiar to many :is a w.-.d. is a pot- 

 herb, a salad, an.l tl;, 'l, .nlii ;; inlultiirant of 

 coffee. It has <-,,i , l\ Ijefore 



the public sine.- 1 - ■ nun farm 



crop. Prior to tlm; ..1,1,1 1\ ;ition as 

 an adulterant aii.l sui..,,iuu.. lur coffee 

 was largely prevented by the prejudice of 

 the principal consumers, our foreign-bom 

 population, who insisted that American 

 was inferior to European root, and also by 

 the low tariff, which allowed the root to 

 enter duty free, or with a very small im- 

 post. During 1898 and 1899 advantage has 

 be * ■ " . . 



been taken of a protective duty, and sev- 436. Flow 



Capucii 



pro 



riety, the difference being brought about 

 by the method of growing. 



Chicory has no specific enemies in this 

 country and 1 t bled b\ only a few of 

 the general fee 1 i ^ nsects s ch as cut 

 worms and w re n s 



Fr m 6 t 1 t tl e "enernl crop \ er 



acre t 1 



cf 1 1 



andte 1 tl 1 

 mg $1 total $1 

 ton \ 



A-Vcrage pr ce per 



F om a pureh hort c It iril stan ij oint 

 C cory IS of interest a a root a p t herl 



nd a salad plai t Tl e j o ng ten le oots 

 are occisionall bo le 1 ai 1 serve 1 w th 

 butter, pepper and salt, like young car- 

 rots, but they have never become widely 

 popular in this form. As a pot-herb, the 

 young leaves are equal to those of dande- 

 lion. They are cut whefi 6 or 8 inches long, 

 boiled in two waters to remove the bitter 

 flavor, and served like spinach. As a 

 salad. Chicory is famous in three forms: 

 Common Blanched. Barbe de Capucin and 

 of Chicory (X K). Witloof. Barbe de Capucin is comprised 



