Chinese Chestnuts 
A fine bushy tree for your lawn. Produces abundantly at an early age. Delicious Sweet Chestnuts. Hardy 
—Blight Resistant. The Chinese Chestnut was introduced by the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture as the most blight- 
resistant species. Nuts larger than the American Chestnut and are equally sweet and good. The Chinese 
Chestnut is a coming commercial orchard tree—not a fast grower but bushy and low, making harvesting easy. 
Often bear when the trees are only 3 to 4 feet tall. Very ornamental trees. Plant several trees for best 
pollenization. 
Four New Varieties 
Since their first introduction the U. S. D. A. 
has been engaged in the breeding and selec- 
tion of the best types of these Chinese Chest- 
nuts. In 1941 they made selection of three of 
the most promising trees from their bearing 
test orchards (originally planted in 1938) and 
gave them the Chinese names, “Meiling,’ “‘Ku- 
ling” and ‘“‘Nanking.”? Their annual yield rec- 
ord in pounds per tree is given in the follow- 
ing table: 
“Abundance,” the fourth new variety, was de- 
veloped from seeds imported from China. It is a 
regular bearer—NOT overbearing one year and 
failing or partially so the next. The nuts of 
“Abundance” ripen and fall free from the burr 
in two or three weeks time. They are attractive 
in appearance as they are practically without 
down over the surface and are uniform in size. 
We have a very fine supply of good healthy trees 
available this year. These are budded trees and 
should produce uniformly heavy crops of ex- 

cellent nuts. CHINESE CHESTNUT 
® Yield Record (U.S.D.A.) Pounds Per Tree e 
1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 Total 
Meiling .................. Sead anocetacstsesee tients a | Ke 4 21 37 24 73 160 
CULLING reer tet eee ee 4 4 6 6 14 34 50 118 
PU ATUM NER Po cco taastccsuescsosssacesss copnonee iy “ 2 34 38 I 88 163 
The nuts produced by these three new varieties are large and attractive, averaging well below 45 nuts per 
pound. The trees have not shown signs of injury by blight, and in view of the general resistance to blight 
shown by the Chinese Chestnut wherever it is grown the new varieties should be essentially free of the disease. 
Because of the heavy yield of large attractive and high quality nuts and the possible wide adaptability of 
these varieties it is felt that they will soon find a place in American horticulture. 



Prices of Chinese Chestnuts 
Thrifty trees (not grafted, but all Each per 3 per {0 
first generation from heavy fruiting tree@s)  ...........ccccccccccccccseeee- 22S Et. $1.75 $4.50 $12.50 
3-4 ft. 2.25 6.00 17.50 
4-5 ft 3.00 8.25 25.00 
New varieties, Kuling, Meiling, Nanking and Abundance .......... 3- : ‘ a NT aon Me CEST 
(All budded trees) 4 2 S00 ;* 5 Rak eee ee eee 


Set several of these Chinese Chestnut trees for best fruitfulness and you will be more than pleased with 
the heavy crop of delicious Chestnuts. 
Chinese Chestnuts as a 
Commercial Crop 
The fact that these Chinese Chestnut trees come into 
bearing at such an early age—usually in 3 to 4 years 
after planting—and that they produce so abundantly at 
an increasing rate with the age and size of the trees; that 
they are free from the blight which has practically wiped 
out the native American Chestnuts; that they are suffi- 
ciently hardy for planting in the North Central States. 
These qualities together with the fact that there is a 
ready sale for the nuts set the Chinese Chestnuts up as a 
distinct commercial crop for the north. At present the 
seedling trees are being planted. Later as the trees be- 
come available in quantity the newer selected varieties 
such as Meiling, Kuling, Nanking and Abundance will be 
Set out in the commercial nut orchards. 

Brief cultural directions for the various kinds of 
plants are included in this Catalog. With each 
order of Nursery stock you will receive free a copy 
of our Booklet ‘Successful Planting.” 

Chinese 
Chestnut 
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