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THE FELIX GILLET NURSERY 
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NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA 
COLOSSAL. Actual Size 
PRICES ON GRAFTED CHESTNUT TREES 
One Year Tops, Two Year Roots 
Caliper in Inches- 
7/16 to 1 1/2, 3 ft. up 
5/16 to 7/16, 2 ft. up 
Height Each 
.$1.75 
Per 10 
Per 100 
. 1.50 
$12.50 
$100.00 
. 1.25 
9.00 
85.00 
.85 
7.50 
70.00 
p.75 
5.00 
40.00 
APPLY TO 
QUERCY, 
BOONE, 
ABOVE PRICES 
LARGE AMERICAN SWEET ONLY. 
Five of different var.eties at 10 rate. 30 at 100 rate. 
We grade chestnuts by caliper as some grow short and 
stocky. It is better to plant more th_ n one variety, so 
as to get benefit of cross pollination. 
ALL THE NAMED VARIETIES OF CHESTNUTS 
WE OFFER HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY TESTED 
BY US AND CAN BE RECOMMENDED FOR SIZE 
AND BEAUTY OF NUTS, REGULAR AND HEAVY 
BEARING, VIGOR AND LARGE SIZE OF TREES AT 
MATURITY. 
COLOSSAL CHESTNUT 
We originated this variety and introduced it in 1925. 
At 10 years old it bore 135 lbs., in 1927 it bore 118 lbs., 
in 1932 163 lbs., which sold for 20c per lb. Allowing 17 
trees per acre this variety averages over $403,030 per 
acre. This variety produces BIG PROFITS. The nuts 
are big, the crop is big, the profits are big. Matures 
nuts in September. Whole crop is down in 10 days or 
two weeks. Limit 5 trees to an order. Orders for this 
variety may be included with other grafted chestnut 
varieties to enable you to get the 5-10-100 rate, but in 
any case, PRICE OF COLOSSAL IS $2.00 PER TREE. 
5 to 6 feet. 
ITS OUTSTANDING POINTS ARE 
SIZE—Average 17 nuts to' pound. 
APPEARANCE—Handsome ?nd tempting. 
QUALITY—Not of highest, but good. 
SEASON—Very early. Gets highest price. 
.NUTS ALL DROP'FREE FROM BURR. 
Boone. Medium large size. Ripens early. Bears 
early and abundantly. A Japanese-American Hybrid. 
Fuller —A hybrid sweet of finest quality. Medium 
size. Matures mid-season. Easily kept in good con¬ 
dition until spring. Nuts fall free from burr. Limit 
2 trees each order. $1.25 each. 
Large American Sweet —Five times the size of 
native American sweet and nearly as good quality. 
Matures very early, bringing top prices. Very at¬ 
tractive in form and color. A good bearer and 
strong grower. Nuts fall free from burr and are 
uniform in size. We strongly recommend this 
variety. 
Castiva. Our new introduction of 1929-1930 season 
called Parsons. About the size and shape of Large 
American Sweet. Of fine quality. Sweet. Pellicle 
peels freely from kernel. Matures early in season. 
Quercy pollinates this variety. Original tree has 60- 
foot spread. Bears heavily. Nuts fall free from burr. 
$1.25 each. Limit 5 trees each order. 
Merribrooke. A hybrid between Chinquapin and 
native American Sweet. Has small very sweet nuts 
for home use, 5 to 6 ft. $2.00 each. 
Morris Hybrid Chinquapin. Free bearer of small 
very sweet nuts. Makes neat tree for small place, 
5 to 6 ft. $2.00 each. 
QUERCY 
FRENCH MARRON 
The market snaps 
up big, glossy Drown 
nuts like these. Take 
a silver dollar out of 
your pocket and see 
how large this Quercv 
variety is. Such nuts 
find a ready market 
and show big profits. 
QUERCY 
Covers a Silver Dollar 
Quercy —A French Marion of large uniform size. 
Nut is round and glossy, dark rich brown, selling 
instantly on its appearance. Of heaviest consistent 
bearing. The most precocious bearer we have ever 
seen. Sets burrs three months from the graft. Ma¬ 
tures nuts late and is in prime condition for the 
holiday trade. While not as good eating quality as 
the others listed, it can be counted on to stack up 
tonnage and profits. 80% fall free from burr. 
CHESTNUT TREES FROM SEED 
trees offered below are from seed taken from grafted trees and come quite true 
These latter can be top-grafted to the superior 
Seedling trees; the type of ours; may produce 
The 
to type, though some may be inferior, 
sorts. Most of these trees bore nuts in 1933. 
valuable new kinds. 
Caliper in Inches Height 
1 T 4 to 14 inch. 8 feet and up branched 
1 to 14 inch. 7 feet and up 
4 to 1 inch__ 6 feet and up 
11/16 to 4 inch. 5 feet and up 
4 to 5 /16 inch__14 feet and up 
French Marron— These are seedlings of the Quercy, 
one of the best of the large Marrons. (Marron 
means large chestnut.) 
Italian or Spanish— These are seedlings of the Eu- 
Each Per 10 
.$3.50 $32.50 
. 3.00 27.50 
. 1.50 12.50 
. 1.00 9.00 
.40 2.50 
ropean chestnut. They are free and early bearers. 
Hybrid — These are from Large American Sweet. 
Trees of this type are likely to produce fine new 
sorts. 
