Chinese CHESTNUTS 



PLANT THEM FOR PRODUCTION OF LUSCIOUS NUTS 

 ORNAMENTAL SHADE OR COMMERCIAL ORCHARD. 



EARLY BEARING, FAST GROWING, BLIGHT RESISTANT TREES 



We highly recommend planting Chinese Chestnuts on hill 

 sides or on land not adapted to general farming where soil is 

 sufficiently fertile to support the trees. They not only produce a 

 beautiful orchard but bring added revenue from the sale of nuts. 

 Many growers now have orchards in production and report ready 

 sale on the nuts at 50c to 90c per pound. 



Write us about your location and we will be glad to advise 

 regarding a commercial planting. 



We are offering here the finest types, hardj% blight resistant and high 

 quality chestnuts our Government represtntatives could find in the great 

 Chestnut producing areas of China. 



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5 yr. old Chinese Chestnut trees load- 

 ed with nuts on the lawn of Balph 

 Gardiner, Colonial Park, Pa. They 

 make ideal lawn trees when trained to 

 single high trunk type tree. 



SELECTED STRAINS 



YOU CAN TRUST. 



ALL FOUR TYPES 



HAVE BEEN FULLY 



TESTED. 



PRICES ON CHINESE CHESTNUTS: 



All trees are well rooted thrifty stock. 



1 to 9 10 to 49 50 or more 



18-24 inch $1.25 $1.10 $ .95 



2 to 3 feet 1.60 1.40 1.25 



3 to 4 feet 2.40 2.10 1.90 



4 to 5 feet 3.25 2.95 2.75 



5 to 6 feet 3.95 3.70 3.50 



Select two or more varieties for proper pollination. 



WHY SELECTED STRAINS? 



YOU GET THE BEST AVAILABLE WHEN BUYING BOUNTIFUL RIDGE 

 SELECTED STRAINS OF THE CHINESE CHESTNUTS. 



There is a vast difference in the quality of nut as well as tree characteristics 

 being offered from various sources. It is well to know the type you are buying 

 and should insist on having such information. Trees producing poor edible nuts 

 are a total loss in time, money and disappointment to all. We offer only care- 

 fully selected strains which are, (1) Early bearing. (2) Rapid growing. (3) Heavy 

 producing. (4) High quality sweet nuts very similar to the old time chestnut. 

 They are about the same size, same rich brown color and same sweet kernel. 



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TYPE 1. Original selection made 

 from the finest Chestnut trees to be 

 found in the area of Hopeh province, 

 and Tietsin, Northern China. 



TYPE 2. Original selection made 

 from the very best Chestnut trees of 

 similar type growing near Fa HAU Tze 

 Temple, located in the Mountains North 

 of Peking. 



TYPE 3. J. A. K. A selection made 

 many years ago by the late Dr. Van 

 Fleet and presented to John A. Kemp, 

 Little Silver, N. J., where the tree may 

 be found today, bearing large annual 

 crops of nuts. This strain resembles 

 the American Sweet Chestnut to a 

 greater degree than any other we have 

 observed. It is a fertile type and a 

 splendid pollinator. Only in 18-24 inch 

 and 2 to 3 ft. sizes. 



TYPE 4. ABUNDANCE. Possibly, 

 one of the best selections. Comparable 

 to J. A. K. which 'it strongly resembles 

 in size and quality of nut. 



NOTE: The Kuling, Meiiling and 

 Nanking types selected from U. S. D. A. 

 stocks are not in quantity production 

 at this time and it will be several years 

 before they are generally obtainable. 



