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mill explosions" which have frequently occurred in that 

 neighborhood, they are probably much older than the 

 Eidgely. I am also inclined to believe that a very large 

 majoriby of all the hardy chestnut trees of the European 

 species scattered about the country are the direct de- 

 scendants of the old Dupont stock. 



Scott. — Burs large, with long branching spines. 

 Nuts from the original tree, as received the past season, 

 are only of medium size, but said to be much larger on 

 younger trees. Shell dark brown, smooth, with a little 

 fuzz around the point. As my specimen tree has not, 

 as yet, fruited, I am unable to say anything of its pro- 

 ductiveness from personal experience, but in a note from 

 Mr. William Parry, under date of Oct. 15, 1894, he 

 says : "I send specimens of the Scott chestnuts, grown 

 by Judge Scott, of Burlington, N. J. The crop is about 

 gone and it was with difficulty I could get these, which 

 are about the average size ; earlier in the season many 

 are larger. Judge Scott has grown these nuts for mar- 

 ket several years. The original tree was bought by his 

 father many years ago from the nursery of Thomas 

 Hancock. He bought three trees for Spanish chest- 

 nuts, planted them in a row about thirty feet apart, and 

 the one from which these nuts were obtained happened 

 to be in the middle. It is now a large tree, the trunk 

 about five feet in diameter. It is a regular and heavy 

 bearer. Judge Scott has propagated and planted an 

 orchard from this variety, and claims among its impor- 

 tant features, large size and early bearing, — two-year 

 grafts generally produce nuts ; immense productiveness 

 and good quality; beautiful, glossy, mahogany color; free- 

 dom from fuzz, and an almost entire exemption from the 

 attacks of the chestnut weevil. While the crop of two 

 trees standing on either side of the Scott is badly dam- 

 aged by worms, it is the exception to find a wormy nut 

 among the Scott. 



