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DWYEE'S GUIDE. 



NUTS, 



Nut tree planting has become very popular of late. We have been 

 importing" annually over two million dollars' worth of nuts that we have 

 learned of late years can be grown just as easily in our own country. 

 The tree should be planted, pruned and cultivated much the same as we 

 treat our fruit trees. 



Varieties like the Paragon and Numbo chestnuts will come into bear- 

 ing the second year after being planted, The fruit is very large and ol 

 the best quality. The Chestnut, Walnut and Hickories should be planted 

 twenty-five feet apart; The Filberts fifteen feet apart. The writer 

 grows these nuts in the orchard with his Apples, Peaches, Pears and 

 Plums and has had a very pleasant and satisfactory experience with 

 them. From top grafted trees two years planted we have had twenty- 



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PARAGON. 



five to forty large burrs of fruit 

 which nearly all matured. This im- 

 mense productiveness increases as 

 the trees grow older. They are at 

 once both valuable and ornamentar 

 and should be in every fruit garden. 

 The varieties that gave us such 

 early and astonishing good results 

 are Paragon, Numbo and Success. 

 These were of course grown lit 

 rather a limited way. We are only 

 recommending these nuts for thf> 

 private garden and in a small way. 

 We have not had a large and finish- 

 ed experience with them and can- 

 not advise them in a large way for 

 market purposes. Nut growing for 

 profit is of itself quite a specialty and as a matter of fact must be the 

 result of years of experience and experimenting; then, in this particular 

 branch of horticulture very much depends on the man and his careful 

 attention to many little details which must be attended to at the proper 

 time to insure success. In a word, one must have a special liking for this 

 work; then too, much depends on the territory, the land and exposure. 

 Most any land that is not cold or too wet will answer for the growing of 

 these nuts. They have done best with us, however on a clay loam. It is al- 

 ways best to plant the trees rather than the nuts, which will not repro- 

 duce themselves. There is quite an extended list of varieties and we make 

 a selection of what we believe to be the best, all things considered, 



CHESTNUTS. 



Paragon. — This variety has become very popular of late and to our 

 knowledge is being planted quite extensively. The tree is a rapid, strong, 

 vigorous grower and comes into bearing a short time after being planted. 

 It is productive of large nuts; the flavor is very good. We can reccom- 

 mend this variety to all. 



Numbo. — A hardy, productive variety of European origin, but seems 

 well adapted to this climate. It ripens early, nuts are large and of good 

 quality. An early fruiter; an exceedingly productive and annual bearer. 



