NATURAL SIZE 
Chinese Chestnut Japanese Chestnut 
The CARR is a grafted variety of the 
Chinese chestnut, named in honor of Mr. 
R. D. Carr, of Magnolia, N. C., who is own¬ 
er of the parent tree. It grew from seed 
brought from Tientsin, China, by the Unit¬ 
ed States Department of Agriculture in 
1915. The tree is a sturdy grower, with 
characteristic dark green leaves. The nuts 
are large and of the finest quality. This 
variety apparently is partially self-fertile, 
but bears better crops when cross-pollen- 
ized. It ripens here about September 10. 
HOBSON comes from a lot of seed col¬ 
lected to the north-east of Peking, China, 
in 1915. The parent tree is in the mountains 
of north Georgia. 
The tree is an unusually fast grower 
for the Chinese species and comes into 
bearing early. When cross-pollenized it 
bears good crops every year. The nuts are 
above average i size and of highest quality. 
It ripens about ten days later than the 
Carr. 
RELIABLE is an annual producer of 
medium size nuts of high quality. The par¬ 
ent tree is on our grounds at Roanoke, Va. 
It ripens between Carr and Hobson. It is a 
proven pollenizer for Hobson, and is now 
offered for the first time. 
In addition to the above we have 
grafted in our orchard a dozen choice se¬ 
lections from the thousands of trees that 
have been distributed by the Government 
during the past twenty-five years. Such of 
these as may finally receive the Govern¬ 
ment O. K. will be named and released to 
the public. 
