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J. F. JONES NURSERIES, LANCASTER, PA. 
THE HICKORIES 
FAIRBANKS. From east central Iowa. One of the best of the hybrid 
group. The bitternut hickory, one of the parents, is the most widely dis¬ 
tributed of all our hickories. It is found growing nautrally from the St. 
Lawrence River on the north, to Florida on the south, and westward to North¬ 
eastern Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas. The pure shagbark one of the 
parent trees of this hybrid is strictly a northern species and does not grow 
very far south except along the mountain ranges. This hybrid should suc¬ 
ceed well into the Cotton Belt at least, if not to the Gulf Coast. The Fair¬ 
banks has retained the fast growing and early bearing habit of the bitter¬ 
nut, and the good flavor of the shagbark. 
STANLEY SHELLBARK 
This is the big bottom shellbark or king nut. Originated near Carthage* 
Ind. The tree bears well and the large nuts crack better than any other of this 
class so far tested. The keinel is full and of very good quality. 
NATIVE PERSIMMON, diospyros virginiana 
This is the native persimmon and has the delicate but distinct flavor 
of the persimmon and not the flavor of the oriental. The persimmon will 
succeed on a wide iange of soils and well up into the Northern States. Glossy 
green foliage. Very ornamental. 
LAMBERT. This is the largest persimmon we are growing. The fruit 
measures from 1V4 to l 1 /^ inches across and IV 2 to 2 inches long. Ripens 
from mid season to late. 
EARLY GOLDEN. This is a medium to large round type of fruit and of 
very fine flavor. Fruit ripens early, about latter part of September here. 
JOSEPHINE. This is a small fruited seedless type of very fine flavor. 
Ripens about mid-season. 
