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OUTPOST NURSERIES, RIDGEFIELD, CT. 
QUERCUS — OAK 
Majestic habit of growth; mature trees 70 to 80 ft. high 
with massive trunks and stout spreading limbs (exceptions 
noted). The Oaks are rapid growing after they become es¬ 
tablished; the Fall-colored foliage clings to the trees well 
through the Winter. 
Quercus alba White Oak 
Broad spreading open head; light gray bark; leaves 
round-lobed and deeply cut, light green above, grayish 
on the underside in the Summer, turning wine-red in 
the Fall. 
Caliper 
Height 
Each 
2%-3 
in. 
13 ft. B&B 
$ 20.00 
3y 2 -4 
in. 
15 ft. B&B 
32.50 
4 -41/2 
in. 
16 ft. B&B 
40.00 
41 / 2-5 
in. 
17 ft. B&B 
50.00 
5 -5l/ 2 
in. 
18 ft. B&B 
60.00 
Quercus coccinea Scarlet Oak 
The gradually spreading limbs form a round-topped 
open head; the deeply cut leaves are a brilliant scarlet- 
in the Fall, shading to a red-russet throughout the 
Winter. 
iy 4 -iy 2 in. 
7 ft. 
6.50 
60.00 
11/2-134 in. 
9 ft. 
8.50 
80.00 
l%-2 in. 
11 ft. 
11.50 
100.00 
2 -2 y 2 in. 
12 ft. B&B 
17.50 
165.00 
2l/>-3 in. 
13 ft. B&B 
25.00 
225.00 
Larger sizes on 
application. 
Quercus imbricaria 
Shingle Oak 
Tree 50 to 60 ft. high; symmetrical crown; pyramidal 
habit of growth when young and round-topped when 
mature; slender somewhat pendulous branches; heavy 
glossy dark green leaves turn russet color in the Fall; 
the leaves are not lobed, and are shaped like a Laurel 
leaf. 
l%-2 in. 10 ft. 11.50 
2 -2l/ 2 in. 12 ft. B&B 17.50 
Larger sizes on application. 
