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I have been pleased to learn that Chinese chestnut trees from Sanne Ridge 
have done well at Plattsburg, New York. This is on Lake Champlain, close to the 
Canadian boundry, lattitude 4434 degrees North but we cannot be sure that they 
will do that in all places of that latitude. 
In the spring of 1939 we transplanted some chestnut trees. They were three 
and four feet high. In 1943 they were 6, 7, and 8 feet high with 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. 
Another lot of tall, straight, slender Zimmerman were transplanted with 
bare roots in 1940. They were 8-10 feet tall and many of them bore in 1942 and 
in 1943 and then were sold. . 
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 pk. 
Please let us select the varieties for you. 
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, 3-4 feet and larger, have matur- 
ed nuts. These trees have been carefully marked. If you want some of these prov- 
ed trees add $1.00 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 
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 
graft. Therefore if you are on the northern edge of chestnut country I suggest 
that you begin with our seedlings. We have a few seedlings of unusual ancestry. 
THE WAR IS OVER BUT — 
War has increased the cost of our materials and supplies, made some un- 
available and has cut off our source of seed for some important varieties. 
War nearly trebled the rate of day’s wages for workmen in the last four 
years, and worse than that, it has at the same time reduced the available supply 
and also the quality of service and 1946 has brought no relief. In short the war - 
has almost put us out of business. 
THEREFORE OUR STOCKS ARE LOW and some of the trees are not as 
straight as I would like, but give them a few years and they will | one hs 
RECONVERSION fi 
We cannot reconvert as quickly as your factory can. It takes from 5 to 8 
years to get most of our trees ready for you. The little trees that did not get 
planted in 1942, and ’43, and ’44, and 745, and 746, because of the war, will cause 
us at least four more seasons of. orief. 
For these and other reasons we are in something that appfoaches a nut tree 
famine. Our stocks are low and in some lines we do not have any. Send in your 
orders as early as you can. You will get trees or your money back. Please give 
alternative order for anything but chestnuts, tree hazels, filberts, honey locust 
and blueberry. 
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 
tree with only part of its roots and all of its top is to invite early death. I know 
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 
and when the nuts begin you will rejoice. : 
WAXED TRUNKS 
We wax the trunk with a special and expensive wax, to reduce evaporation. 
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 
to grow. We can’t peep on without your repeat orders and the orders from your 
friends. 
“POLLENATION 
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 
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