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as one. We should not expect to sell the Old World fruit as simply the European 

 chestnut. A rigid investigation should be made into varieties of the Japanese chest- 

 nut and the common and inferior stock upon the market should be destroyed. The 

 best named varieties or types should be imported. One of the largest and best nur- 

 series in the country sold in good faith the common chinkapin (Costarica pumila) as 

 Japanese chestnut." 



NAMED VARIETIES. 



ADVANCE. A seedling of Giant. Eipens near Philadelphia about September 

 15. The tree is an upright, vigorous grower, comes into bearing at an early age, and 

 is productive. Nut large, smooth, dark colored; is produced two or three in each bur. 



ALPHA. A seedling of Giant. Originated by William Parry, of New Jersey, and 

 by him considered the earliest known variety of chestnut; very productive. The tree 

 began to bear three years from seed, and lias never since failed to -produce a good 

 crop. Nuts large, running two to three to the bur. Opening without the aid of frost 

 from September 10 to 12. 



BETA. Another seedling of Giant, very similar to Alpha and ripening immedi- 

 ately after it, or about the middle of September. 



BLACK. Specimens from J. W. Kerr, Denton, Md. Size large ; kernel plump, 

 surrounded by rather thick and somewhat acrid skin ; quality good for roasting; very 

 productive ; season September 10 to 20, in Caroline County, Md. Named in honor 

 of Dr. John J. Black, a former president of the Peninsula Horticultural Society. 



COLONEL MARTIN. Specimens from J. W. Kerr, Denton, Md. Size large; yields 

 five nuts to the bur; quality is that of Japanese seedlings. 



EARLY PROLIFIC. Another of William Parry's seedlings of Giant. It differs 

 from others of these seedlings enough to have earned its name. 



EARLY RELIANCE. Ripens its fruit in a few days after the Advance. The tree is 

 a dwarf of spreading habit and comes into bearing at an early age. Three to five 

 large nuts are produced to the bur. The nuts are smooth, bright, and uniform. 



FELTON. Specimens from J. W. Killen, Felton, Del. A large and very sweet 

 nut, possessing those edible qualities which are lacking in most other chestnuts of the 

 Japanese type. 



GIANT (pi. 14, fig. 13). The tree is upright and a vigorous grower. The nuts, 

 are smooth and dark colored, and in size very large. Only from one to two nuts are 

 produced in each bur. Ripens near Philadelphia about September 25. 



JUMBO. Reported by George E. Arnold, of Benton Center, N. Y. 



KERB. Specimens from J. W. Kerr, Denton, Md. This differs from other seed- 

 lings produced by Mr. Kerr in that the burs have shorter spines and fewer of them, 

 and the burs do not cast their nuts as freely as the others. Nuts are darker in color, 

 three to the bur. Found to be enormously productive in Caroline County, Md. 



KILLEN. Specimens from J. W. Killen, Felton, Del. A remarkably large and 

 handsome chestnut; in size as large as the largest Japan Mammoth, and in qualit; 

 superior to most of this type. Yields three nuts to the bur. 



MAMMOTH. The chestnuts received at this office under this name are reported 

 as having been grown on seedling trees from selected seed of the Giant. 



SUPERB. A seedling of Japan Giant, originated by William Parry. A vigorous 

 growing tree, immensely productive, making a mass of burs, of which each generally 

 contains three very large, complete, handsome nuts, ripening in midsummer. 



SUCCESS. One of William Parry's seedlings. Tree upright, productive. Nuts 

 somewhat larger than Advance or Early Reliance. Ripens about September 20. 



