ALMONDS 
Hard Shell. A fine, hardy variety, with a large, plump 
kernel and with large, showy, ornamental blossoms. 
First-class, 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
Soft, or Paper Shell. This is what is known as the 
“ Ladies’ Almond, or Lady Finger of the Shops ; ” but, 
although preferable to the Hard Shell, it is not so hardy; 
kernel sweet and rich. First-class, 25 cts. each, $2.50 
per doz. 
BUTTERNUTS 
Tree of rapid growth, with large, luxuriant, tropical- 
looking foliage ; very ornamental ; very productive ; 
bears young; nuts differ from American black walnut 
in being longer, with kernels of sweeter aud more 
delicate flavor. First class, 30 cts. each, $3 per doz.; 
medium, 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
FILBERTS, or HAZELNUTS 
Kentish Cob. This is one of the finest and largest of 
Filberts ; oblong, and of excellent quality. First-class, 
25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
Cosford Thin Shell. An English variety ; valuable for 
thinness of shell and sweetness of kernel. First-class, 
25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
English. The sort usually sold at the fruit stands. 
Strong, and well-rooted. First-class, 20 cts. each, $2 
per doz. 
HICKORY SHELLBARKS 
To our taste, no other nut that grows, either foreign 
or native, is superior to this ; in quality it possesses a 
peculiar rich, nutty flavor, excelled by none. The tree 
is of sturdy, lofty growth. The wood, on account of 
its great strength and elasticity, is highly prized for 
making agricultural implements ; therefore a grove of 
Shellbark trees is an increasingly valuable thing to 
have. 30 cts. each, $3 per doz. 
PECANS 
Paper Shell. A beautiful, symmetrical and rapid- 
growing tree of luxuriant foliage, which it retains late 
in the fall ; produces 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 ; the nuts are in active 
demand at good prices. First-class, 30 cts. each, $3 
per doz. 
CHESTNUTS 
Early Reliance. Japan (grafted). The second to ripen. 
Tree of low, dwarf, spreading habit, and beginning to 
bear immediately — 1 -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 10-foot 
tree yielding 3 to 6 quarts ; nuts smooth, bright, uni- 
form, attractive. Ripens September 18 to 20. Price, 
i-year, mail or express, $ 2.50 each. 
Giant Japan. Distinct in growth from American va 
rieties ; bears quite young ; nuts of immense size, very 
sweet. First-class, 40 cts. each, $4 per doz. 
Advance. Japan (grafted). The earliest known 
Chestnut. An upright, vigorous grower. Comes to 
bearing at 2 to 3 years of age, and is 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 
introductions from Japan. The leaf is long and nar- 
row, like a peach leaf, of dark green color, making 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, measuring 4 to 6 inches around and running 3 to 7 
in a bur. 50 cts. each, $5 per doz. 
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 commerce. No farm 
should be without its grove of nut-bearing trees. 
First-class, 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
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 cts. each, 
$4 per doz. 
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 cts. each, $7.50 per doz. 
Ridgeley. Spanish (grafted). A large variety of the 
Chestnut from Delaware. Very productive, and of the 
best quality. First-class, $1 each, $10 per doz. 
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-class, 30 cts. each, $ 3 
per doz. 
Japanese (Sieboldi). This species is found growing 
wild in the mountains of northern Japan, and is with- 
out doubt as hardy as an oak. 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. First-class, 35 cts. 
each, $3.50 per doz. 
Japanese (Max cordiformis). Differs from Sieboldi 
in form of nuts, which are broad, pointed and flattened, 
resembling somewhat a hickory shellbark. First-class, 
I 35 cts. each, $3.50 per doz. 
