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a , ^ DT CULTURE is an industry that until recently has received but 

 m little attention. The large returns from individual trees, and 



g f^»^\ immense profits from established orchards, have stimulated the 

 ■5 interest, and our foremost enterprising fruit growers are planting 



■5 nut trees largely for market purposes, and others who enjoy the nuts 



* during the Winter are realizing that in order to have an abundant supply it 

 ,2 is only necessary to plant the trees, as hardy varieties are now grown that 

 •j succeed in all sections of the United States. 



S A Kentuckian, who has 200 Chestnut trees and about 300 Walnut 

 ■S and Butternut trees, says : " His income from them year by year is 

 w larger than that of any* farmer cultivating 300 acres of ground." He 



sells his crop on the trees for cash, and the only expense is for taxes. 

 J A gentleman in Georgia, Mr. H. C. Daniels, has a Pecan tree which 

 ». bears annualy from ten to fifteen bushels of nuts, which sell readily at 

 ID wholesale for £4 to $5 per bushel. An orchard of Pecans set 

 Y 30 feet apart each way, requiring 48 trees to the acre, at above 

 J rates, would give handsome returns. 



i Don Bernard Guirado, of California, owns an English 

 S Walnut orchard, which he reports yields him a net profit of 

 % 815,000 every year. As the orcnard contains 100 acres, this is 

 _ at the rate, year in and year out, of $150 from each acre. 



L H. Burke has a 40-acre orchard near Riviera, which, 

 - although not in full bearing in 1890, gave him a return of 



• almost 80,000. These figures show that the English Walnut is 

 ■S a good tree to plant in California, and they are now being 



, grown successfully over a large scope of the country. 

 « Sural IK w Yorker savs of Chestnuts on the Rural Grounds : 

 d "A JAPAN MAMMOTH tree, but two feet two inchi - 

 p high, bears three bars. It bore several the year before 

 «! in the nursery row." 



S JAPAN MAMMOTH SWEET CHESTNUT. — The 



^ value of the Japan Mammoth Sweet Chestnut, cannot be over- 

 s' estimated. The enormous size of the nuts (4 to 6 inches 

 5 around and 4 to 7 in a bur) and their early bearing 

 w and great productiveness, are the wonder and admiration of 

 m all who see them. Frequently trees 2 and 3 years old and but 



* 3 to 4 feet high are heavily laden. The nuts ripen very early 

 ti without the aid of frost, and 1 to 2 weeks earlier than the 

 P American sorts ; a great consideration to the market man. 

 j£ A gentleman in New Jersey is reported to have planted in 1885 

 e 200 Japan Mammoth Chestnuts, which in 1890 produced 150 

 *S bushels of merchantable chestnuts, which sold in New York 

 J at prices ranging from 84.25 to 88.25 per bushel. 30 cents 



* each : 4 for $LO0 ; i'l.'h per dozen, postpaid. 



"g SPANISH CHESTNUT Is a handsome, round- 



q headed, spreading tree of rapid growth, and produces an 



abundance of large nuts of good quality, that sell readily at 

 ■3 high prices. Valuable for ornament and fruit. A gentleman 

 " of my acquaintance realizes an average of 850 a year from the 

 x sale of nuts from two trees of Spanish Chestnuts. 30 cents 

 J; each ; 4 for 81.00 : 82.75 per dozen, postpaid, 

 ■a AMERICAN CHESTNUT The well-known Chest- 

 's nut of the forest, of rapid, upright growth. A handsome 

 < shade tree. The nuts are unsurpassed for sweetness and 



delicacy of flavor. 25 cents each; 5 for 81.00, postpaid. 

 / japan walnut — This species is found growing Japan Mammoth Sweet Chestnut Tree, four years old, producing six quarts 

 wild in the mountains of northern Japan, and is as hardy as j mammoth nuts 



g an oak. The leaves are of immense 6ize, and of a charming uiammuiii " u "' 



y shade of green. The nuts, which are produced ia extreme abundance, grow in clusters of fifteen or 

 x twenty ; nave a shell thicker than the English Walnut, but not so thick as the black Walnut. The 

 meat is sweet ; of the very best quality ; flavor like butternut, but less oily, and much superior. The 

 trees grow with great vigor, assuming a very handsome form, and need no 

 pruning ; mature early ; bear young and are more regular and productive 

 than the English Walnut. 30 cents each ; 4 for 81.00, postpaid. 



PERSIAN WALNUT, KAGHAZI. The hardiest of all soft-shelled , 

 Walnuts and stands several degrees below zero without injury. It is a vigoroi 

 free gTower and transplants readily — very prolific, producing nuts in clusters 

 and comes to fruiting very young. It puts out leaves and Dlossoms late in 

 spring and is therefore especially desirable for sections subject to late frosts. 

 The nut is larger than the ordinary varieties ; the kernel full, plump, meaty ; 

 sweeter, richer in oils and of finer flavor. The shell is thin but not tender like 

 some "paper shell " varieties and does not crack in handling, still may be 

 crushed in the fingers ; very desirable and valuable ; deserving of extended 

 cultivation. 30 cents each ; 4 for 81. 00 ; 82.75 per dozen, postpaid. 



Cpcrini IJ A <( One each of Japan Chestnut, Pecan, Japan 

 JlL-llllL. llU, II. Walnut and Persian Walnut, Sl.OO, postpaid. 



55^* THE ENGLISH WALNUT, or MADEIRA NUT. T Is a handsome 



American Chestnut* growing tree, with light green foliage and silvery white bark, very ornamental. 



Nuts large, thin-shelled, sweet, delicious, and sell readily at high prices 

 in market. 30 cents each : 4 for $1.00 ; $2.75 per dozen, postpaid. 



THE BUTTERNUT Is a rapid growing tree, with long, tropical- 

 looking foliage. Begins to bear quite young, and produces enormously. 

 Nuts long, kernel very sweet and delicate flavor. A very desirable tree. 

 25 cents each : 5 for $1.00 ; $2.25 per dozen, postpaid. 



THE PECAN. — Is a beautiful, symmetrical and very rapid grow- 

 ing tree, with luxuriant, light green foliage, which it retains until late in 

 the Fall, rendering it a very conspicuous and attractive shade tree, pro- 

 ducing in great abundance oblong, smooth, thin-shelled nuts with 

 sweet and delicious kernels ; very desirable for family use or for market. 

 30 cents each : 4 for $1.00 ; C^.75 per dozen, postpaid. 



THE FILBERT, or Hazelnut, is of the easiest culture. Dwarf, hardy, abundant 

 yielder, and comes to bearing very young. 20 cents each : 6 for $1.00, postpaid. 



CpprTni {J.-. <n One tree of each of the above 9 valuable nuts, a dc- 

 Ol LiVlilLi llU, \L, sirable and profitable collection, $1.50, 



utternut. 



Filbert 



Pecan Nut. 



Persian Walnut. 



English Walnut or fladeira Nut. 



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