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laden with nuts of enormous size, measuring four to six inches around and running three to seven in a bur. 
Their early bearing and great productiveness of enormous nuts 
are the wonder- and admiration of all who see them. The value 
of chestnuts and profits of their culture depend very much on their 
early ripening, as large chestnuts marketed in September and early 
October will bring $10 to $15 per bushel, while in latter October and 
November the price will drop to $6 or $8 per bushel. Our Japan 
Mammoth has the fortunate feature of maturing very early and with- 
out the aid of frost to open the burs, and is hardy in northern New 
York. $1 each, $10 per dozen. 
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, and the chestnut should be foremost wherever the soil 
is adapted to its growth. 25 cts. 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 have 
been realized at one fruiting from the nuts of a single tree. Not as 
sweet as the American and tree not quite as hardy as the native variety. 
japan chestnut. (See page 44.) 
50 cents each, $4 per dozen. 
Numbo Chestnut. An improved variety, producing very large fruit. First-class, $1 each. 
ALMONDS. 
Hard Shell. A fine, hardy variety, with a large, plump kernel, and with large, showy, ornamental blossoms. 
25 cts. each, $2.50 per dozen. 
Soft or Paper Shell. This is what is known as the “Ladies’ Almond, or Lady Finger of the Shops,” and 
although preferable to the hard shell, it is not so hardy ; kernels sweet and rich. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
FILBERT or HAZELNUT. 
HAZELNUT. 
This is one of the easiest culture, and among the most profitable and satisfactory nuts 
to grow ; of dwarf habit ; entirely hardy ; abundant yieiders ; succeeding almost every- 
where, and coming into bearing young. 
Ken* islt Cob. This is one of the finest and largest of Filberts ; oblong and of excellent 
quality. 30 cts. each, $3 per dozen. 
Cosford, Thin Shells. An English variety ; valuable for thinness of shell and sweetness 
of kernel. 30 cts. each, $3 per dozen. 
English. The sort usually sold at the fruit stands. 25 cts. each, $2 . 50 per dozen. 
JAPAN WALNUT. 
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 fifteen or twenty ; 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, and are more regular and productive than the English walnut ; having a n abundance 
of fibrous roots it transplants as safely as an apple tree. No tree on my 
f rounds has attracted more attention than the Japan Walnut. 5° c ^ s< e ^ c “> 
\ per dozen. 
ENGLISH WALNUT or MADEIRA NUT. 
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. 50 cts. each, $4 
per dozen. 
HICKORY SHELLBARK. 
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 English walnut. 
tree is of sturdy, lofty growth. The wood, on account of its great strength and 
elasticity, is highly prized for making agricultural implements, and is unsur- 
passed for fuel. 50 cts. each, $4 per dozen. 
PECAN. 
Paper Shell. A beautiful, symmetrical and rapid-growing tree ; of lux- 
uriant foliage, which it retains late in the fall ; producing valuable timber 
and heavy crops of sweet, oblong, smooth nuts of very good quality. 50 
cts. each, 84 per dozen. 
PECAN. 
