ALMONDS 
3-4 ft., 50 cts. each; $5 per doz.; $35 per 100. 
Hard Shell. The tree is very showy when in 
bloom. The kernels of the nuts are large, plump 
and sweet. Hardy and easy to grow. 
Almond, var. {Princess). Soft shell, most sweet 
and tender. Needs protection in North. 
BUTTERNUTS 
This lofty, spreading tree is one of our finest 
native nut trees, valued for its tropical appear¬ 
ance and beautiful wood, as well as for its nuts. 
Produces large, handsome, elongated nuts with 
rich, sweet, oily kernel of marked though most 
delicate flavor; very nutritious. Cultivation in¬ 
creases the size of the nuts. The tree grows rap¬ 
idly and yields large crops in a few years. At 
present the supply is insufficient for the demand 
of a single city market. There are large profits in 
butternut growing. A small outlay will bring 
large returns as soon as the trees begin to bear. 
A most homeful tree, and should be planted near 
the house. 
Butternut {White Walnut). 
5-7 ft., $1 each; $9 per doz.; $60 per 100. 
BUTTERNUTS (Juglans cinerea) 
SOBER PARAGON—Actual Size 
THE CHESTNUTS 
Sober Paragon, introduced exclusively by us, is the most widely planted 
and most uniformly successful variety of northern commercial nut trees 
yet cultivated in the United States. Its rapidity of growth is not sur¬ 
passed by any tree within our knowledge. A single graft grew in one 
year 54 ft. 10 in. of wood; this included the main stem and all the lateral 
branches, and the next season it bore three quarts of nuts. This tree 
was 17 months old when the nuts were taken from it. This graft was 
set May 1, 1906, and nuts ripened October 1, 1907. The nuts are very 
large, often measuring i}/£ inches, or more, across, while average nuts 
rarely measure less than i }4 inches. The burs contain three or more 
broad, thick, handsome nuts. All of us are more or less familiar with 
the very large chestnuts that are often sold in our markets, but we are too familiar with their astringent, 
puckery flavor. Sober Paragon Chestnuts are fully as mild and sweet as the native chestnuts. 
Prof. Bracket, United States Pomologist, Washington. D. C., speaks of Sober Paragon, as follows: 
‘‘The Sober Paragon comes the nearest in quality to the native chestnut of any of the cultivated varieties 
that I have examined. It is of large size, fine appearance and excellent flavor.’’ 
Prof. John Craig, late of New York State College of Agriculture, at Cornell University, says: “I 
beg to acknowledge yours of November 18, and to say that your sample of Sober Paragon Chestnuts has 
been received. This sample illust ates a very fine variety of chestnut. The nuts will go into our per¬ 
manent nut collection when the exhibition closes.” This was followed by the announcement that Sober 
Paragon had taken first premium. “Although there was not a large exhibition of chestnuts, of the few 
plates we did have, yours easily outclassed the others in size and eating qualities. We have noticed in 
many varieties of chestnuts the smaller ones were almost always the sweetest, and as they grew larger 
they became more bitter. We could not find this fault with yours; in fact, the judges seemed surprised 
when they tasted your plate of nuts. I am enclosing the ribbon that goes with the prize.” 
The planter of Sober Paragon chestnuts has little to worry about; his trees will do better if culti¬ 
vated, but that is not necessary. Frost, hail and storm which so often destroy the ordinary crops, work 
no ill effect on Sober Paragon chestnut trees, as hardy as the oak; even severe droughts, which “burn up” 
field crops, will not ruin, but only reduce somewhat, a crop of these wonderful nuts. 
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