84 NUT CULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES. 



George E. Murrell, Coleman's Falls, Va. : " I have some trees that bear the finest 

 native nuts I ever saw. Near Parr, Va., is a tree bearing two complete nuts iu each 

 shell." 



James E. Kendall, Gazil, W. Va. : " I have some much earlier, and some larger, 

 others drier and sweeter than the ordinary kinds. By cutting out other forest trees 

 and old chestnuts I have a natural grove of 150 trees in full bearing, and they are 

 bending under their load of nuts. I find early, medium, and late nuts in same grove 

 and same exposure to the sun. Some of the earliest are now ripe and beginning to 

 fall out September 24, 1890." 



T. S. Chapman, Holidays Cove, W. Va. : "I have one very early variety which 

 ripens one week before any others and is twice as large as the ordinary nut." 



NAMED VARIETIES. 



BROADBENT. A good-flavored nut of medium size. The tree is growing upon 

 the farm of B. Broadbeut, at Fay, Pa., where it is said to be a great bearer. 



CLARK. An early nut of medium size, and very generally sound. Tree large 

 and productive; on the farm of R. B. Clark, Fay, Pa. 



COOPER. Reported by H. W. Comfort, Fallsington, Pa. : A variety grown largely 

 in the vicinity of Philadelphia. Nut large, borne in a very large bur, which in time 

 of much rain is liable to break the trees badly. Tree is a vigorous grower and very 

 productive. 



DULANEY (pi. 14, fig. 9). William L. Dulaney. Above average in size and 

 quality. From a productive tree growing by itself near Bowling Green, Ky. 



EXCELSIOR (pi. 14, fig. 4). James E. Kendall, Gazil, W. Va. A quite large, 

 downy nut, irregular in form and size, often seven nuts to the bur; quality good. 

 Tree growing thriftily in sandy loam. 



GovEENOR WOOD. Reported by Edwin Allen, New Brunswick, N. J. Mr. Allen 

 has been growing for fifteen years two budded trees received from Wisconsin. They 

 have borne only a few nuts produced singly in the bur. The nut is long, cone shaped, 

 quite large, and good. 



GRIFFIN (pi. 14, fig. 10). J. N. Harris, Griffin, Ga. : A large, very downy nut, of 

 good quality. 



HATHAWAY. A large, light-colored, sweet nut, propagated by B. Hathaway, of 

 Little Prairie Ronde, Mich. The original tree is now about 8 inches in diameter of 

 trunk, and is a full, annual cropper. Mr. Hathaway writes: "Many burs have fine 

 nuts; not infrequently seven nuts are found in one bur, and I have found one bur with 

 eleven fully developed nuts in it." 



HULSE (pi. 14, fig. 3). From Wells Hulse, Campbell Hall, N. Y. A quite irregular 

 nut, above medium in size, of good flavor. 



KETCHAM (pi. 14, fig. 5). Sent by J. R. Hawkins, Mountainville, N. Y. Nut 

 above medium in size, somewhat elongated, downy, sweet, and of good quality; 

 ripens middle of September at Mountainville, in Orange County, N. Y. Tree 50 

 years old. growing vigorously in moist clay loam, in meadow land of heavy sod. 



LAWYER. A nut introduced by A. M. Lawver, of South Pass, 111., about twenty- 

 five years ago. Valuable for its fruit. 



LIGO. Nut of medium size, sweet and good ; borne on an old tree which is very 

 productive. Sent by R. B. Clark, Fay, Pa. 



MILLER. Reported by Charles Parry, of Parry, N. J. 



MURRELL (pi. 14, fig. 2). George E. Murrell, Coleman's Falls, Va. Nut very 

 large, borne three nuts in the bur; quality good. 



OTTO (pi. 14, fig. 8). J. C. Chilton, Otto, Tenn. A quite large nut, long in form. 

 The highest flavored chestnut received. 



