Ch.»tnuts and Walnuts 
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EEID'S NUKSEBIE8, UPLAND, OHIO 
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 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, uniform, attractive. Ripens September 
18 to 20. Price, 1-year, rnuil or express, $2 each. 
Giant Japan. Distinct in growth from American varieties; 
bears quite young; nuts of immense size, very sweet. Price, first- 
class, 40 cts. each, $4 per doz. 
Advance. Japan (grafted). The earliest known Chestnut. An 
upright, vigorous grower. Comes into bearing at 2 or 3 years of age, 
and is very productive, yielding about 2 quarts to a 10-foot tree. The 
nuts are large, running 2 to 3 to the bur; dark in color, smooth and 
handsome. Ripens September 15. Price, 1-year, mail or express, $2. 
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, 
making a very ornamental lawn tree; comes to bearing at 2 to 3 years 
of age; while yet in the nursery row, 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 nuts in a bur. Their early bearing and great productive- 
ness of enormous nuts are the wonder and admiration of all who see 
them. Price, 50 cts. each, $5 per doz. 
American Sweet. A valuable native tree, both useful and orna- 
mental; timber is very durable, and possesses a fine grain for oil finish. 
Nuts sweet, of delicate flavor, and are a valuable article of commerce. 
No farm should be without its grove of nut-bearing trees. Price, 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. Price, 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 produc- 
tive. Price, first-class, 75 cts. each, $7.50 per doz. 
Rldgley. Spanish (grafted). A large variety of the Chestnut from Delaware. 
Very productive, and of the best quality. Price, first-class, $1 each, $10 per doz. 
Early Reliance Chestnut. 
Spanish Chestnut. 
WALNUTS. 
Japanese Walnut. 
. Unity, O., May 8, 1899. 
Dear Sir — The trees which I ordered from you nave arrived here all right. They 
were nicely packed, and I consider them No. 1 trees in every respect. Please accept m\ 
thanks for your kindness. Yours very truly, 
J. D. Wilhelm. 
English Walnut. 
Paragon Chestnut 
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 
quan titles of ripe nuts that are annually imported 
and sold here prove the estimation in which it is 
held for the table. Price, first-class, 30 cts. each, 
$3 per doz. 
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 abundanco, 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; maturt 
early; bear young, and 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 Japan TValnut. 
each, $3.50 per doz. 
Japanese ( Max cordiformis). Differs from Sieboidi in form of nuts, which 
ire broad, pointed and flattened, resembling somewhat a hickory shellbark. 
Price, first-class, 35 cts. each, $3 50 per doz. 
Rldgley Chestnut. 
Price, first-class, 35 cts. 
