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coarse grained, as is usual in the extra large varieties of 

 nearly all species of the chestnut. This is probably the 

 largest variety of the Japanese chestnut raised in this 

 country, of which grafted trees are obtainable at this 

 time. There may be others equally as large, but if so 

 they are unknown to the writer. 



KiLLEN. — Of the Japan species, and described as 

 very large, the nuts over two inches in diameter and of 

 fair quality. Raised by J. W. Killen, of Pelton, Del. 



Paksons' Japan. — Burs medium, with rather thick- 

 set and long spines. Nuts large, one inch and a half 

 broad, curving regularly to a point; shell smooth, 

 almost glossy, brown, with faint stripes of a darker shade 

 extending from base to apex. In quality the kernel is 

 far better than most of the European varieties, being 

 finer grained and sweeter. When grafted on strong 

 stocks the trees come into bearing early, or in two or 

 three years. This is the best known, and probably the 

 most widely distributed variety, of the Japanese species 

 in this country, having been introduced, as I have stated 

 elsewhere, in 1876. 



Pakky's Superb (Parry). — Burs broad, cushion- 

 shaped, or much flattened on top, with extra long, 

 widely branching spines from single or multiple stems, 

 very much as in the European varieties. But the thin 

 husk, the nuts, and the growth of tree, wood and leaves, 

 stamp it as a pure Japanese variety. Nuts large, broader 

 than long, with a decided sharp woody point; almost 

 entirely destitute of even a sign of pubescence. A very 

 promising and distinct variety. 



Success (Parry). — Burs very large, broad, with 

 only a few short, scattering, branching spines on the 

 top, thicker toward the base ; on a thin, parchment-like 

 husk, and this is so thin that it sometimes cracks open 

 and exposes the nuts within before they are fully ripe. 

 Nuts extra large, nearly equal to the Giant, but of a 



