FILBERT CULTURE 
Filberts are easy to grow and will succeed wherever it is possible to grow peaches. 
The trees bear young usually about three years after planting. Fully grown trees 
compare in size with a peach or plum tree. Trees in our small planting have been 
free from disease and require no spraying. Filberts sucker freely and these must 
be cut from the base of the tree or a bush will result. Nuts are large and crack the 
best of any nut. The kernels fall easily from the shell and are not only very tasty 
but high in food value. The nuts mature in early September. It is a good plan to 
cultivate or mulch the trees each year. At least two or three trees should be planted 
as one tree alone will not produce for lack of pollination. Trees should be planted 20 
feet apart. 
CHINESE CHESTNUTS 
Not so many years ago the native 
American chestnut was one of our 
most common and valuable trees. 
Chestnuts could be purchased in vil- 
lage and city stores for they were a 
staple food product. Then the chest- 
nut blight struck, killing all of these 
fine trees that were so highly prized 
for their delicious nuts and valuable 
timber. The U. S. Department of 
Agriculture realizing that our chest- 
nut trees were doomed sent men to 
the region of China where the clim- 
ate was much the same as ours. This 
was some 20 years ago and since 
that time trees that were brought 
back have fruited and the best seed- 
lings selected for propagation. Chi- 
nese Chestnuts average larger and 
are equal if not better than our na- 
tive nuts. They are sweet and de- 
licious to eat and a real treat to those 
who have necessarily been forced to 
forgo the pleasure of eating our 
native nuts. The trees grow rapidly after they become established. Nuts are produced 
in about four years although some seedlings bear earlier. The tree is spreading in 
habit of growth much like an apple tree and should be spaced the same distance in 
planting. Fall or Spring planting is equally good. After planting the trees should 
receive clean cultivation until August Ist. In the absence of cultivation the trees 
should be mulched. They will stand our coldest winters without injury if late cultiva- 
tion is not practiced. No fertilizer should be used the first year but the trees should 
be fertilized and cared for the same as fruit trees in subsequent years. Chinese Chest- 
nuts are not a novelty by any means. They are here to stay. Two or more trees required 
for proper pollination. 

CHINESE CHESTNUTS 
MAKE THE IDLE ACRES PRODUCE— 
PLANT NUT TREES 
PRICES CHINESE CHESTNUTS 
2axic 114-2 ft: Each $1.25 3 for $3.45 10 for $10.00 
2 Yr. Branched "2-3 ft. Fach 1.75 3 for 4.80 10 for 13.50 
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