Reid’s Nurseries — Catalogue Small Fruits, Etc. 
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CHESTNUTS. 
JAPAN CHESTNUT. 
Early Reliance. Japan (grafted). The second to 
ripen. Tree of low dwarf spreading habit, and be- 
ginning to bear immed iately— one-year grafts are 
frequently loaded ; nut large, measuring 4 inches 
in circumference, and having the valuable charac- 
teristic 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, attrac- 
tive. Ripens September 18 to 20. Price, 1 year, 
mail or express, $2.50 each. 
Giant Jai>an Chestnut. Distinct in growth from 
American varieties ; bears quite young ; nuts of 
immense size, very sweet. First-class, 40 cts. 
each, $4 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 produc- 
tive, 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 Septem- 
ber 15th. Price, 1 year, mail or express, $2.50. 
Japan Mammoth. Is among the most valuable re- 
cent introductions 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, makjng 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 enor- 
mous size, measuring 4 to 6 inches around and 
running 3 to 7 in a bur. Their early bearing and 
great productiveness of enormous nuts are the 
wonder and admiration of all who see them. 75 
cents each, $7.50 per dozen. 
American Sweet. A valuable native tree, both 
useful and or- 
namental; 
timber is very 
durable, and 
possesses a 
fine grain for 
oil finish. 
Nuts sweet, 
of delicate 
flavor, and 
are a valu- 
able article of 
commerce. 
No farm 
should be 
without its 
First-class, 25 cents 
SPANISH CHESTNUT. 
grove of nut-bearing trees, 
each, $2.50 per doz. 
Spanish. A handsome, round-headed tree, produc- 
ing abundantly very large nuts, that find a ready 
market at good prices. $25 has been realized at 
one fruiting from the nuts of a single tree. First- 
class, 50 cts. each, S4 per dozen. 
Paragon. This is one of the finest Chestnuts ever 
offered. Nuts large, fine in quality and verv 
sweet. An early bearer and verv productive. 
First-class, 75 cts. each, $7.50 per dozen. 
WALNUTS. 
English or Madeira. 
A fine, lofty growing 
tree, with a hand- 
some spreading 
head. It is scarcely 
hardy enough here, 
but further south it 
is a profitable tree 
to plant, as it pro- 
duces large crops of 
excellent nuts. The 
fruit in a green state 
is very highly es- 
teemed for pickling, 
and the large quan- 
tities of ripe nuts 
that are annually 
imported and sold here prove the estimation in 
which it is held for the table. First-class, 35 cents 
each, $3.50 per dozen. 
Japanese. (Sieboldi.) This species is found grow- 
ing 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 handsome form, 
and need no pruning ; mature early ; bear young, 
add are more regular and productive than the 
English 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 J apan Walnut. First-class, 40 cents each, 
$4 per dozen. t 
PECANS. 
Paper Shell. A beautiful, symmetrical and rapid- 
growing tree of luxuriant foliage, which it retains 
late in the fall ; producing valuable timber and 
heavy crops of sweet, oblong, smooth nuts of very 
good quality. Can be grown wherever the hickory 
thrives, and is a very profitable and hardy tree. 
First-class, 30 cents each, ?3 per dozen. 
BUTTERNUTS. 
Tree of rapid growth, with large, luxuriant, tropi- 
cal-looking foliage; very ornamental ; very product- 
ive ; bears young ; nuts differ from American black 
walnut in being longer, with kernels of sweeter and 
more delicate flavor. 30 cents each, $ 3 per dozen. 
HICKORY SHELLBARKS. 
To our taste, no other nut that grows, either for- 
eign or native, is superior totliis ; in quality it posesses 
a peculiar rich, nutty flavor, excelled by none. The 
tree is of sturdy, loftv growth. The wood, on account 
of its great strength and elasticity, is highly prized for 
making agricultural implements, 30 cents each, $3 
per dozen. 
