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The chestnuts (Castanea Tourn.) Continued. Page. 

 American chestnut (C. dentata Marsh.) Continued. 



Cultural directions 82 



Age of bearing 82 



Preparation for market. 82 



Injurious insects 83 



Choice varieties 83 



Notes from correspondents 83 



Named varieties 84 



' Foreign chestnuts ( C. satii-ti Miller, C. Japonica Blume. ) 85 



European chestnut (C. saliva Miller) 85 



Named varieties 86 



Japanese chestnut (C. Japonica Blume.) 87 



Named varieties 88 



Chinkapin (C. pumila Miller) .' 89 



Marketing 90 



Notes from correspondents , 90 



Western chinkapin ( Castanopsit crysophylla A. D C.) 91 



Pine nuts (I'intis L.) 92 



Notes from correspondents 92 



Named species on the Pacific coast 93 



The cocoanut (Cocos nucifera L.) 94 



Origin of cocoanut culture in the United States 95 



Uses of the cocoanut 97 



Cocoauut Imtter 98 



Enemies of the cocoanut palm 99 



Insects of the cocoanut palm 99 



Notes from Florida correspondents 100 



Miscellaneous nuts 100 



Beech (Fagus atropunicea Sudworth; F.ferruginea Ait.) 100 



Oaks (QuercusL,.) 101 



Horse-chestnuts (Msculm L. ) 101 



Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba L.) 102 



Kola (Sterculia acuminala Beauvois) 102 



Cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) 105 



Leechee (Nephelium litchi Cambess.) 105 



1 i;i i nl in t uii (Nephelium lappaceum L.) 105 



Tallow nut (Stillingia sebifera Michx. ) 105 



Catappa (Terminalia catappa L.) 106 



Cream nut (Bertholletia excelsa Humb. & Bonpl.) 106 



Chilean nut (Guevina avellana Molina; Quadria heterophylla Riuz. and Pav.) 106 



Queensland nut (Macadamia ternlfolia F. von Muell.) 106 



Betel (Areca catechu L,.) 106 



Pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) 107 



