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4 * Plow a chestnut orchard deeply, ' ' says Mr. 

 Lovett. "You should endeavor, in every way pos- 

 sible, to encourage a large, deep-growing root system. 

 This is very important. ' ' 



Some nut-growers are taking chestnut stump land, 

 and are whip-grafting Paragons, etc., on the sprouts 

 which come from stumps. Mr. Lovett says that this 

 method has objections. He prefers nursery trees. 



Recently, a serious new contagious bacterial disease 

 affecting all kinds of chestnut trees has appeared in the 

 East. The leaves turn yellow and the tree dies branch 

 by branch. Remedy, the same as for pear fire-blight. 



CHINQUAPIN. A wild, dwarf, bush-like variety of 

 chestnut, of little commercial value. 



COCOANUT. There are a few successful groves in 

 southern Florida. 



Fi^BERT AND HAZEIJSTUT. We call the American 

 product * ' hazelnuts, ' ' and the imported kind ' ' filberts. ' ' 

 Botanically they are both Corylus. Commercially the 

 culture of hazelnuts has not been much of a success in 

 this country in the East, and but slightly more so in 

 California. 



HICKORY NuT. The shellbark hickory is as yet 

 mainly known as a forest tree, but the time is no 

 doubt coming when some of the finer varieties Hale's 

 Paper Shell, for instance will be commercially 

 planted. Hickories (like black walnuts and butter- 

 nuts) object to transplanting, and it is not easy to 

 propagate them by grafting or budding ; therefore 

 they are usually grown from selected seed. 



PECAN. This highly-esteemed nut tree is a species 

 of hickory indigenous on fertile, moist lowlands in 



