•R EID’S NURSERIES 
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SELECTED TREES, PLANTS, ETC, 
CHESTNUTS. 
Early Reliance. Japan (grafted). The second to ripen. Tree of low, dwarf, spreading habit, and begin- 
ning to bear immediately — i-year grafts are frequently loaded ; nut large, measuring 4 inches in circumference, 
and having the valuable characteristic of running 3 to 5 nuts to the bur. 
Tree enormously productive — a io-foot tree yielding 3 to 6 quarts ; nuts 
smooth, bright, uniform, attractive. Ripens September 18 to 20. 
Price, i-year, mail or express, $2.50 each. 
Giant Japan Chestnut. Distinct in growth from American 
varieties ; bears quite young ; nuts of immense size, very sweet. First- 
class, 40 cents each, 84 per dozen. 
Advance. Japan (grafted). The earliest known Chestnut. An 
upright, vigorous grower. Comes to bearing at 2 to 3 years of age, and 
very productive, about 2 quarts to a io-foot tree. The nut is large in 
size, running 2 to 3 to the bur ; dark in color, smooth and handsome. 
Ripens September 15. Price, i-year, mail or express, $2.50. 
Japan Mammoth. Is among the most valuable recent introduc- 
tions from Japan. It will adapt itself to almost any conditions, and has 
proved hardy. It is quite distinct from the European varieties, being 
hardier, and the nuts are of a superior flavor and sweetness. The leaf 
is long and narrow, like a peach 
leaf, of dark green color, mak- 
ing a very ornamental lawn 
tree ; comes to bearing at 2 to 3 
years of age; while yet in the 
nursery rows, 3 to 4 feet high, 
they are heavily laden with 
nuts of enormous size, meas- 
uring 4 to 6 inches around and 
running 3 to 7 in a bur. Their 
early bearing and great pro- 
ductiveness of enormous nuts 
are the wonder and admiration 
of all who see them. 50 cents 
each, $5 per dozen. 
EARLY RELIANCE. 
SPANISH CHESTNUT. 
American Sweet. A valuable native 
tree, both useful and ornamental ; timber 
is very durable, and possesses a fine grain 
for oil finish. Nuts sweet, of delicate fla- 
vor, and are a valuable article of com- 
merce. No farm should be without its 
grove of nut-bearing trees. First-class, 25 
cents each, $2.50 per dozen. 
Spanish. A handsome, round-headed 
tree, producing abundantly very large 
nuts, that find a ready market at good 
prices. — $25 having been realized at one 
fruiting from the nuts of a single tree. 
First-class, 50 cents each, $4 per dozen. 
Paragon. This is one of the finest Chestnuts ever offered. Nuts large, fine in 
quality and very sweet. An early bearer and very productive. First-class, 75 cents 
each, $7.50 per dozen. 
Ridgeley. Spanish (grafted). A large variety of the Chestnut from Delaware. 
Very productive, and of the best quality. Price, first-class, $1 each, $10 per dozen. 
WALNUTS. 
English or Madeira. A fine, lofty growing tree, with a handsome spreading 
head. It is scarcely hardy enough here, but further south it is a profitable tree to 
plant, as it produces large crops of excellent nuts. The fruit in a green state is very 
highly esteemed for pickling, and the large quantities of ripe nuts that are annually 
imported and sold here prove the estimation in which it is held for the table. First- 
rmxuun. class, 30 cents each, $3 per dozen. 
Japanese (Sieboldi). This species is found growing wild in the mountains 
of northern Japan, and is without doubt as hardy as an oak. The leaves are of immense size and of a charming 
shade of green. The nuts, which are produced in extreme abundance, grow in clusters of 15 or 20 ; have 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 hand- 
some form and need no pruning ; mature early ; bear young and are more regular and productive than the Eng- 
lish walnut ; having an abundance of fibrous roots, it transplants as safely as an apple tree. No tree on my 
grounds has attracted more attention than the Japan Walnut. First-class, 35 cents each, $3.50 per dozen. 
Japanese (Max Cordiformis). Differs from Sieboldi in form of nuts, which are broad, pointed and flat- 
ened, resembling somewhat, a hickory shellbark. First-class, 35 cents each, $3.50 per dozen. 
