DWYER'S GUIDE. 



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AMERICAN SWEET 



Japan Giant Chestnut. — The tree is decidedly ornamental, hardy and 

 productive, of dwarf habit, bearing extremely young; nuts of enormous 

 size. 



Ridgley. — Tree of immense size and very productive, more than 5 

 bushels of nuts, which sold at $11 per bushel, having been gathered from 

 the original tree in a single season; burrs are of medium size and carry 

 from 2 to 3 nuts each; nuts of medium size, with some fuzz at point; 

 kernels sweet and of good quality. One of the most valuable. Tree very 

 healthy. 



American or Sweet. — The well- ^ 



known chestnut of the forest. In 

 sweetness and delicacy of flavor, or as 

 a shade tree, unsurpassed. These 

 trees grow to enormous size and bear 

 every year prolific crops of fruit of 

 the highest quality. 



Comfort. — A very large, hand- 

 some nut, that has been grown in 

 Pennsylvania for many years, and is 

 found so nearly identical with Para- 

 gon in growth and fruit that it is not 

 improbable that it was a nut of this 

 variety from which Mr. Schaefter, of Germantown, grew the original Para- 

 gon tree. Comes to fruitage very young, and is an enormous bearer of 

 nuts of very good quality. 



Spanish Chestnut. — A very hardy, productive nut and becoming' 

 more popular each year. 



Japan IVlammoth. — Immense size, and of fine flavor; the burrs con- 

 tain at times as many as five large nuts; the tree is similar in habit 

 and growth to the Italian Chestnut; they yield fruit in two years after 

 planting; seedlings vary in size and shape, as well as in habit of growth" 

 and productiveness, and are not so reliable as grafted trees. 



Early Reliance (Japan). Tree of dwarf, spreading habit; begins to 

 bear very young. Nuts large, smooth and very attractive. Enormously 

 productive. 



PECANS. 



Pecan. — The Pecan bears oblong, smooth thin-shelled nuts, with 

 sweet and delicious kernels. The nuts are very desirable for family use, 

 or valuable for market. 



Pecan, (Thin Shelled).— 

 This nut, so very well known 

 and so highly prized by all, is 

 of the easiest culture and hardy 

 at the North. The nuts are 

 large and very thin-shelled. 

 The best and earliest in bear- 

 ing. Trees valuable for timber. 



HICKORY NUTS. 



Shellbark. — Tree of largs 

 growth, entirely hardy and pro- 

 ductive. Nuts thin-shelled; 

 kernel sweet and excellent. Al- 



PECAN. 



wavs sells readily at good prices. 



