A. B. Hood 6f Co.*s Descriptive Catalogue 
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Nut-Bearing Trees 
Our foremost enterprisinR fruit-fjrovvers are planting Nut Trees largely for market 
purposes ; ami others who enjoy the nuts during winter are realizing that in order to 
have an abundant supply it is only necessary to plant the trees, as hardy varieties are 
now grown that succeed in all sections of the United States. 
I'ntil recently Nut Trees have been but little grown in nurseries, and in conse- 
(|uence all transplanted trees have come from the forests or where they have come 
up and grown naturally, and having but little or no fibrous roots, their transplanting 
has been attended with nitich uncertainty, and the impression has been formed that 
they could not be transplanted, but that to insure success the seed must be plantetl 
where the tree is intended to stand, which is erroneous, and has deterred many from 
engaging in this profitable industry. -Many of the nut-bearing trees, when grown in 
nurseries are well supplied with fibrous roots, and can be transplanted as safely as 
an apple tree, and the planter has the benefit of the three or four years’ growth in the 
nursery over that of planting the seed, with the uncertainty of their coming up regu- 
larly, the time, care and attention recpiired to get them properly started. \Ve there- 
fore advise our customers to always plant the trees, if they can be had, and save three 
or four years' time. 
CHESTNUTS 
Japan Mammoth. This valuable new 
nut is attracting widespread attention. It 
claims superiority over all others because 
it is larger, sweeter, better ; bears young 
and abundantly ; like all valuable fruits 
nowadays, it is necessary to graft to 
secure and maintain the most reliable 
kinds ; the tree is dwarf in habit, hardy 
and ornamental. The winter of 1896 
we imported 4,o<x5 one-year grafted 
Chestnuts from Japan, and some of these 
trees fruited in the nursery the same year, 
and all we hail left unsold fruited in 1898. 
We planted out another lot of 5,000 from 
Japan in the spring of 1898, and many of 
them fruited the same season. We find 
them very prolific in nursery. .Small 
trees of 2 to 2'-^ feet, with twelve to fif- 
teen burs, and with three to five large 
Chestnuts in a bur. 
Spanish. A vigorous grower, and 
forms a handsome head for lawn ])lanting ; 
a valuable species, both for ornament 
and fruit. The fruit is much larger than 
the American variety ; very sweet and 
e.xcellent when boiled or roasted, bears 
early. 
American. The well-known native va- 
riety ; a stately tree, with broader leaves 
than the Kuropean, and producing smaller 
nuts but a large c|uantity of them ; both 
usefid and ornamental. The timber is 
ver\’ useful for many ptirposes. 
BUTTERNUTS 
A handsome, rapid-growing, lu.xuriant, 
tropical-looking tree ; very ornamental 
and productive ; the nuts are somewhat 
like black walnuts, but longer and flat ; 
the kernel is much sweeter and rich and 
more delicate ; fine llavor. 
WALNUTS 
Japan. I’roduces in abundance nuts 
considerably larger than the common 
hickorynut, which are borne in clusters of 
15 to 20. The shell is thicker than the 
shell of the Hnglish Walnut, which in a 
general way it resembles, but is not as 
thick as that of the black Walnut. The 
meat is sweet, of the very best (luality, 
and can be removed entire. The tree 
grows rapidly, and attains a very large 
size, « ith a magnificent spreading top. 
English. A fine, lofty-growing tree, 
with a fine spreading head, and bearing 
crops of large and e.xcellent nuts. The 
fruit in a green state is highly esteemed 
for pickling, and the great quantity of the 
ripe nuts jinnually imported and sold here 
attest to its value ; the tree is peculiarly 
well adapted to the climate of the South, 
and deserves extensive cultivation. 
American Black. This is the common 
native variety. The nuts are excellent 
iind always desirable ; besides, the wood 
is very valuable for many uses 
ALMONDS 
Hard Shell. .A fine, hardy variety, with 
a large plump kernel, and with ' large, 
showy, ornamental blossoms. 
Soft, or Paper Shell. I bis is what is 
known as the “ Ladies’ Almond,” or 
“l.acly Finger of tl>e Shops,” and although 
preferable to Hard .Shell, it is not so 
liardy ; kernels sweet and rich. 
ENGLISH FILBERT 
The fruit of this being so much larger 
and better llavored thati our native spe- 
cies, gives it the preference for cultivation 
over the latter in localities where it will 
succeed. 
