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NUTS. 



Paragon.* Large, sweet, good flavor. Tree bears young and 

 abundantly. Fig. 580. European. Origin, Pennsylvania. 



Parry. (Parry's Japan Giant.) Very large, smooth, dark-colored ; 

 one or two nuts only in a burr. Tree vigorous, upright grower. 

 Fig. 578. Japan. 



Parry Superb. Large, bright, smooth. Tree strong grower and 



enormously productive. Japan. 

 Ridgely.* (Dupont.) Medium, sweet flavor, excellent. Tree 



hardy. Pig. 581. European. Origin, Delaware. 

 Success. Large, handsome nut of good quality. Tree vigorous 



and productive. Japanese. Origin, New Jersey. 



The Chinquapin 



Is really a dwarf chestnut, which grows wild in various 

 localities on the eastern seaboard from Pennsylvania to the 

 j^ Gulf. Usually a small spreading bush 



^^^^ four to ten feet high, varieties are some- 



^^^B times found which form trees from 



^^^r thirty to sixty feet in height. The nuts 



jk A of the Eastern States are ovoid conical, 



^^^k f^^l^ dark mahogany color, very handsome, 

 ■^^B MKH^^ and the meat is sweet and good. The 

 ^B^F ^^^^ chinquapin of the Pacific coast nearly 

 resembles in appearance a small chest- 

 nut. The bushes will thrive and appear 

 entirely hardy as far north as New York. 



Pig. 583 — Eastern 

 Chinquapin. 



HAZELNUTS. 



The cultivation of this nut is almost wholly neglected in this 

 country, and while the native bushes abound, the crop and the 



Figs. 583 and 584.— Native Forms of 

 Hazelnuts. 



Pig. 5S5.— "Istrian " (an 

 imported nut). 



nuts are usually so small that they rarely appear in market. 

 The imported filbert has complete possession, and until some 



