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POLLENATION 
So far as we know everything that we sell except mulberry and persimmon — 
has better chance .of yielding if it has a partner of same species and different — 
variety to pollenate the blossoms — except that black walnut or any other wal- 
nut will pollenate English walnut and filbert will pollenate hazel. i 
nuts lead. The parent ‘eke from which we propagate are the carefully selecteas ne 
best out of many thousands of seedling trees. They will bear nuts as soon as ap- — 
ple or peach tree bears fruit. Occasionally one bears the year it is set out. What — 
about the quality of the nuts? Well the very conservative Mr. C. A. Reed, U. Ss. 
Dept. of Agriculture, has said this: Ree i 
“The best of the Chinese chestnuts are without peers anions known chest-_ batten. 
nuts from any part of the world.” ras 
I have been pleased to learn that Chinese chestnut trees AAG Sunny Ridge” at 
have done well at Plattsburg, New York. This is on Lake Champlain, close to the 
Canadian boundry and North of the Adirondack Mountains, latitude 4434 de- vi 
grees North. 
In the spring of’ 1939 we transplanted some chestnut trees. They were three 
and four feet high. Now the trees are 6, 7, and 8 feet high with spreading tops. 
Nearly all bore well in 1942 and again in 1943. Unfortunately, these trees are too 
large to transplant safely but their record is one that you may duplicate if you ~~ 
give the trees a chance. . 
Another lot of tall, straight, slender Zimmerman were transplanted in 1940. 
They are 8-10 feet tall, with small, high tops. Many of them bore in 1942 and | 
again in 1943. We think this lot will transplant all right. They have not had 
time to make large tops: Price $6.50 each. Ask for special Lot A. Distance apart, 
30 to 40 feet. 
We are offering four varieties of Chinese chestnuts. We have not yet had 
time to find out if one is better than another. Zimmerman is the most erect tree. 
CHINESE CHESTNUT TREES THAT HAVE RIPENED NUTS 
If you are in a hurry for nuts you can get chestnut trees that already have 
ripened some nuts. A number of chestnut trees, 5-6 feet, 6-7 feet, 7-8 feet, have 
matured nuts. These trees have been carefully marked. If you want some of. 
these proved trees add $1.00 to the list price. All are grafted trees. 
2 AMERICAN PERSIMMON. The flavor of this fruit is unexcelled and 
those who know it love it. The trees are pleasing features of a lawn and 
may be expected to do well on all but the higher elevations south of the line 
Boston—Albany—Buffalo. A tree that holds ripe fruit for a month or six weeks 
is an interesting and useful citizen of your yard. 
If there is any streak of experimentation in you try planting some of these 
_ interesting persimmons. The trees are tall and cylindrical in shape. 
, 3 _ CHINESE PERSIMMONS. One of the excitements of the year at Sunny 
Ridge Nursery has been Chinese persimmons grafted in nursery row 
and bearing all the fruit the trees had room for two years and six months after 
grafting. In growth habit they resemble pears. Grafted trees. Fruits a2 to 3 
inches in diameter. 
4 BUTTERNUTS! Sold out, try us next year, we may have some. | 
5 HONEY LOCUST. Eventually the most important thing I ever did may 
be the introduction of the honey locust as a forage crop. The way the 
honey locusts clustered themselves with long pods of beans is very suggestive of — 
a great new forage crop and possibly also a commercial sugar crop. (see book 
Tree Crops), Big, fat sugary pods hang in masses and ripened on test trees of 
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