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In the spring of 1939 we transplanted some chestnut Hoes: in the nu: 
_ They were three and four feet high. In 1943 they were 6, 7, and 8 feet high witk 
spreading tops. Nearly all bore well in 1942 and again in 1943. Their record is one 
that you may duplicate if you give the trees a chance. Ue ean 
CHINESE CHESTNUT TREES THAT HAVE RIPENED NUTS 
If you are in a hurry for nuts you can get chestnut trees that already vit bane 
ripened some nuts. A few chestnut trees, 3-4 feet and larger, have matured nuts. ~ 
These trees have been carefully marked. If you want some ae these SANA ite ig 
add $1.50 to the list price. All are grafted trees. . 
HARDY SEEDLINGS 
The fact that a tree is grafted sometimes causes a delay in passage of sap ‘to M 
roots for winter storage. This excess moisture supply above the graft of a tree | 
may, in extreme locations, cause an early autumn freeze to kill the tree above the i 
graft. Therefore if you are on the northern edge of chestnut country in Zone Ity ay: 
or III of Rehders map p. 7 of our booklet, “Nut Trees for Cold Climates,’ I sug- 
gest that you begin with our seedlings. We have a few seedlings of unusual an- 
cestry, direct from a Chinese neighborhood where seedling seed have been select- 
ed generation after generation. STRAIGHT LINE SEEDLINGS we call them. 
CUTTING BACK 
Nut trees have prodigious roots—roots that are long and not fibrous. We  _— 
have to cut away some of this long root before we send your trees. To plant a | - F 
tree with only part of its roots and all of its top is to invite early death. I know i 
for I have done it. Therefore we cut the tops back to establish balance and to. 
help insure the success of transplanting. Therefore you need not expect the trees 
to be very handsome on arrival, but wait until growth begins and then admire, Oa 
and when the nuts begin you will rejoice. Br 
WAXED TRUNKS | | ae 
We wax the trunk with a special and expensive wax, to reduce evaporation. ip 
The price of this unguent has jumped fabulously but we keep on using it. We 
think it increases the chance of survival and we want the trees you buy from us ~ Wi) 
to grow. We can’t keep on without your repeat orders and the orders from your 
friends who hear of your success. a) 
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So far as we know, everything that we sell except mulberry has better chance 
of yielding if it has a partner of same species and different variety to pollenate 
the blossoms — except that wild trees near by may serve your biack walnut. 
2 CHINESE PERSIMMONS. One of the excitements of the year at Sunny 
' Ridge Nursery has been Chinese persimmons. Thirty varieties have pro- 
duced fruit and some trees had all they could possibly hold. In growth habit they 
resemble pears. Grafted trees. Fruits 24% to 3 inehes in diameter. We have had 
difficulty in grafting them so they are scarce and the price is high. There are. : 
some very fine 8 foot sheng. Bear soon. Anyone who plants these sua tty follow — 
our booklet and regard himself as experimenting. 
3 AMERICAN PERSIMMONS. These are delicious fruits but our stock is 
very low. ni eas 
4 FILBERTS—For a long while I turned up my nose at filberts but Ihad = 
a few trees. At last the handsome way they grow won my attention. 
Picking up the nuts won my affection. Eating them confirmed it, and now ’m 
an enthusiast starting a test orchard and selling the proved standard varieties. _ 
Try some. They are intimate yard trees and very good screens. a hh 
Barcelona is the heavy bearer and several others are pollenators. You must | 
have both. Please order Barcelona and pollenator. One pollenator to half a doz- aes 
en Barcelonas is all right. Plant six feet apart for a screen, fifteen to twenty feet = 
apart in the open. ; oF 
5 HAZEL NUT. Sold out. See us next year, some coming, but do try some ~~ 
of our hybrid hazelx filbert seedlings of the FI generation. ele 
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ed shellbark and others called shagbark or scaly bark (Carya ovata to oa 
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