CHESTNUTS 
They are heavy and regular bearers. 
OUR “FALL FROM THE BURR” 
varieties are the finest, most profitable chest 
nuts extant. 
How to Plant and Grow the Chestnut 
QUERCY 
Where to Plant —This is a regular mountain tree and in the Sierra Nevada 
Mountains wherever the Black Oak is found will be ideal conditions. They 
are also at home in the Valleys and are doing well near the coast. Immense 
trees can be expected on the deep, heavy soils. They take kindly to adobe. 
How to Plant —On heavy, rich soil plant 60x60 feet. Poorer land 50x50, or if 
space is limited, 40x40. The chestnut requires plenty of light and air. Sixty 
feet between the rows and 30 feet apart in the row is the best plan. This 
takes 24 trees to the acre. Take out every other tree in row before they 
crowd. This plan allows inter-cropping of the wide row for a number of 
years. Seedling trees may be used for the interplants. 
COLOSSAL. Actual size. 
Requiring but occasional pruning, no spraying, no prop¬ 
ping, no ladder climbing— the Chestnut is produced at very 
low costs. After the tree has been in three or four years no 
pruning is necessary. Let it grow naturally. Old trees 
should have the bushy growth removed from inside every 
four or five years. Grafted chestnuts bear young, sometimes 
the first year in the nursery. Customers report picking nuts 
from our trees the first year planted. This does not mean a 
fortune at once. Small trees can’t bear big crops. From the 
seventh year they will pay and from then on yearly in¬ 
creases will be steady, but don’t ask us to predict what your 
trees will bear at a given age; soil, care and climate govern 
these things. According to age yields of 2000 to 5000 pounds 
per acre may be expected. At a minimum price of 10c per 
pound, the cash return will run from $300 to $750 per acre. 
Chestnuts bloom in June and are never injured by frost. 
Covers a Silver Dollar 
Soils —The chestnut does best on soils that are slightly acid, deep and 
fertile. This tree can not be expected to resist Oak Rest fungus. 
MAYSEPTJAN 
Cross-Pollination —More than one variety should be planted, both for bene¬ 
fits of cross-pollination and to lengthen out the harvest season. Existing 
non-bearing trees may be brought to production by planting our grafted 
“FALL FROM THE BURR” varieties. Our Ouercy variety has abundance 
of pollen. 
Cost to Plant —60x60 ft. square method takes 12 trees. Triangle method, 14 
trees per acre, which costs only $7.00 to $15.00 per acre for grafted trees. 
WE RECOMMEND 
All varieties listed for California; with preference to Ouercy and French 
Marrons for coast counties. 
All varieties listed, for Eastern states and Pacific Northwest, except 
OLERCY, which may, however, be used as a pollenizer. 
Planting —Dig holes 2x2 feet all around. With sharp knife remove broken 
roots and cut ends of all roots to sound wood. Remove all buds below 
ground-line. Plant tree not deeper than before. Use only top soil (well 
firmed with ball of foot) about the roots. Tie tree firmly to stake soon as 
planted. Set stake while planting to avoid driving it into roots. Cut back 
whip trees one-half and allow one strong shoot to grow to 1 six feet where it 
may be headed. Branched trees cut back to 3 or 4 branches and head in 
branches to 3 buds from trunk. Encourage growth to one central leader. 
Let grow naturally. DON’T TRAIN TO VASE FORM. Shade trunk for first 
few years with Yucca Tree Protectors (see page 27) or two thin boards. 
Irrigation —When well established they will bear bountifully without irri¬ 
gation. If water is available, irrigation should be practiced. Heavy irriga¬ 
tion followed by cultivation three weeks before nuts begin to fall is highly 
desirable, to loosen nuts from burr. 
All the named varieties of chestnuts tve offer have been thor¬ 
oughly 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. 
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