E. W . REID’S KURSER1ES, BRIDGEPORT, OHIO. 
PECANS, ALMONDS AND OTHER CHOICE NUTS 
Early Reliance. 
English Walnut. 
Japanese Walnut. 
ALMONDS. 
Hard Shotl. A fine, hardy variety, with a large, 
plump kernel and with large, showy, ornamental blos- 
soms. 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 and 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 begin- 
ning to bear immediately— 1 -year grafts are frequently 
loaded ; nut large, measuring 4 inches in circumfer- 
ence, 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; mils smooth, 
bright, uniform, attractive. Ripens September 18 to 
20. Price, 1-vear, mail or express, $2.50 each. 
Ciant Japan Chestnut. Distinct in growth from 
American varieties ; bears quite young ; nuts of im- 
mense 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 very productive; 
about 2 quarts to a 10-foot tree. The nut is large m 
size, running 2 to 3 to the bur ; dark in color, smooth 
and handsome. Ripens September 15. Price, 1-year, 
mail or express, $2.50. 
Japan Mammoth. Is among the most valuable 
recent introductions f Join Japan. The leaf is long 
and narrow, like a peach leaf, of dark green color, 
making a very ornamental lawn tree ; comes to bear- 
ing 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 G inches around and 
running 3 to 7 in a bur. 50 cts. each, $5 per doz. 
American Sweet. A valuable native tree, both use- 
ful aud ornamental ; timber is very durable and pos- 
sesses a tine grain for oil finish. Nuts sweet, or deli- 
cate flavor, and are a valuable article of commerce, rso 
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, produc- 
ing abundantly very large nuts, that find a ready mar- 
ket at good prices— $25 having been realized at one 
fruiting from the nuts of a single tree, rirst-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 prodvetive. First-class, <5 
cts. each, $7.50 per doz. 
Ridgeley. Spanish (grafted). A large variety of 
the Chestnut from Delaware. Very productive, and ot 
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. 1 he 
fruit in a green state is very highly esteemed for pick- 
ling, and the large quantities of ripe nuts that are an- 
nually 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 pro- 
duced in extreme abundance, grow in clusters of 1.) oi 
oo • 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 
olily . and much superior. First-class, 35 cts. each, $J.o0 
per doz. 
Japanese (Max cordiformis). Differs from Sieboldi 
in form of nuts, which are broad, pointed and flat- 
tened, resembling somewhat, a hickory shellbark. 
First-class, 35 cts. each, $3.50 per doz. 
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