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Height in feet 6to7 5 to6é 4to5 3 to 4 2to3 1% to2 
GRAFTED TREES Caliper in inches %tol W4eto% %eto%es Asto%e Ketovie %to Ke 
LMS gee VOOM tetera, $2.75 $2.50 $2.25 $2.00 
UE Te Yee MY CIT ney ek Sc, 2:20 2.00 L/D 1.50 $1.00 
Above Varieties FALL FREE FROM BURR — Caliper will govern all grades Chestnuts. 
SEED GROWN TREES. Described at bottom this page. 
ITALIAN—1 year and 2 years.............. $1.25 1.00 e75 90 40 .30 
HYBRID—1 year and 2 years.............. To 1.00 he 90 40 30 
FRENCH MARRON—1 and 2 years..... VEE 125 1.00 Eh 90 40 
Seed Grown Trees—Lots of 10 to 49, 10% less; 50 or more, 20% less than list. 
QUERCY — HEAVY BEARER 
Quercy. A French Marron of large uniform size. 
Introduced many years ago by Felix Gillet. Nut is 
round and glossy, dark rich brown, selling instantly 
on its appearance. Of heaviest consistent bearing. 
The most precocious bearer we have ever seen. Sets 
burrs three months from the graft. Matures nuts late 
and is in prime condition for the holiday trade, it can 
be counted on to stack up tonnage and profits. 80% 
fall free from burr. Brought 30c lb. wholesale, 1942. 
SEED GROWN TREES 
Hybrid—These are from our Large American Sweet 
variety. Trees of this type are likely to produce fine 
new sorts. Most of them drop free from burrs and 
are of sweet taste. 
Italian or Spanish — Seedlings of the European 
chestnut. While not so large as the Marron type, 

; they bear good quality nuts of fair size and do well 
COLOSSAL. Actual Size. aiaeitcet cremoonditiane: 

(Our Introduction) 
COLOSSAL. Our introduction. An Asiatic hy- 
FRENCH MARRONS 
These large and fine chestnuts are grown by 
tPA AE grate, ALPALL: TREK — | fm acfeted ned which produce abun 
tly almost without exception. ten bear 
ares high prices, chee first in the market. ae A te ; : 
Quality good. Quercy and French Marron polli- pean) cots re Dla ine ee eee one 
nates it. Using 1 Quercy to 8 Colossals, this DID SHADE. TREES Selact® Treedte$1'50 140 
variety produces BIG PROFITS. The nuts are $7.60. vThese sare snicel 2 Kpaatheae? ae 3. ae 
big, the crop is b‘g, the profits are big. Matures td eSBs y bee's 
nuts in September. Whole crop is down in 10 
days or two weeks. Original tree produced 300 
lbs. in 1939 and it is a small tree, compared with 
other chestnuts. 
CHESTNUTS BEAR YOUNG — 
YIELD HEAVY 
Requiring but occasional pruning, no spray- 
FOUNTAIN CHESTNUT ing, no propping, no ladder climbing — the 
i os } Chestnut is produced at very low costs. After 
Here is a striking and unusual foliaged tree, the tree has been in three or four years no 
every leaf being different. Some only one- ‘pruning is necessary. Let it grow naturally. 
fourth inch wide but eight or nine inches long, Old trees should have the bushy growth re- 
giving trees remarkable fountain-like effect. moved from inside every four or five years. 
Well branched specimens, 5 feet and up, $2.50 Grafted chestnuts bear young, sometimes the 
each. Small trees, $1.00 to $1.75. first year in the nursery. 


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. 
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 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, 
which is Nature’s way. DON’T TRAIN TO VASE FORM, as trees will split 
apart with weight of the crop. Shade trunk for first few years with Yucca 
Tree Protectors (see page 12) or two thin boards. QUERCY 
Cross-Pollination—More than one variety should be planted, both for bene- Covers a Silver Dollar 
fits of cross-pollination and to lengthen out the harvest season. Our Quercy 
and French Marron varieties have an abundance of pollen. 

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