NUTS. 



441 



In the chapter on chestnuts in the monograph on nut culture 

 of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, some seventeen va- 

 rieties are named, but as it is improbable that many of these 

 are in the hands of dealers — being as yet only local — it is 

 hardly worth reproducing them here. 



Those who desire to obtain trees of native chestnuts must 

 usually themselves search out those of exceptional merit. 



Foreign Varieties. 



French, Italian and Spanish chestnuts have long been im- 

 ported in moderate quantities and sold at high prices in the 



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Fig. 577.— Tamba-guri (reduced one-half). 



fruit stores. Abroad they are highly prized as an article of 

 food and are largely consumed by all classes. They lack the 

 sweetness of the American chestnut and the meat is enveloped 

 in a tough and sometimes bitter skin. In some varieties this 

 skin is readily removed, while in others it follows the convo- 



