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Title: Pleasant Valley Nurseries : 1902 (catalog)
Identifier: CAT31285326 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Pleasant Valley Nurseries; Collins, Arthur J; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock New Jersey Moorestown Catalogs; Nut trees Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs
Publisher: Moorestown, N. J. : Arthur J. Collins
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Pleasant Valley Nurseries—Japan Chestnuts 3 The nuts are large, running 2 to 3 to the bur, dark, smooth and handsome, ripening September 10 to 15, and are one of the sweetest of the Japanese Chestnuts. Early Reliance. Early; tree of low, dwarf, spreading habit, beginning to'bear immediately; one- year grafts are frequently loaded; nuts large, 4 inches in circumference, and having the valuable characteristics of running 3 to 5 nuts in the bur. Tree enormously productive, a 10-foot tree yielding 3 to 6 quarts; nuts smooth, bright, uniform, attractive. Ripens September 18 to 20. Felton. Bur small, spines thinly scattered over a thick husk; nut medium, smaller than Alpha, slightly pointed, dark brown, ridged, with slight pubescence at tip, quality good; tree close, round-headed, fairly prolific. Ripens September 20 to 30. Giant. The largest known variety. Nuts 2 to 2% inches across; seldom more than 1 to the bur; smooth, dark and handsome. Ripens September 20 to October 1. The tree's prolific bearing tendencies, the immense size of the nuts and their beauti- ful, bright mahogany color make this a very valuable Chestnut. Success. Burs very large, broad, with only a few short, scattering, branching spines on the top (thicker toward the base), on parchment-like husk, so thin that it sometimes cracks open and exposes the nuts within before they are fully ripe. Nuts extra large, nearly equal to Giant, but of a more regular and sym- metrical form, being nearly as long as broad, and taper- ing to a point; usually has 3 nuts in a bur. An ideal variety in every respect. Ripens September 20 to 23. Superb. This su- perb variety is a magnificent grower, and is an enormous bearer. The burs are liter- ally packed one upon an- other along the branches. Generally there are 3 nuts to each bur, and it is the ex- ception to find an imperfect or defective nut, nearly every one being very large, 2 inches across, full, plump, bright and free from fuzz. japan mammoth chestnuts in bur. Very valuable market sort. EUROPEAN VARIETIES GRAFTED Comfort. A very large, handsome nut, that has been grown in Pennsylvania for many years, and is found so nearly identical with Paragon in growth and fruit that it is not improbable that it was a nut of this variety from which Mr. Schaeffer, of Germantown, grew the original Paragon tree. Comes to fruitage very young, and is an enormous bearer of nuts of very good quality. Ripens October 10 to 25. Cooper. Tree a vigorous grower and very productive; bxir large; nuts large, smooth and glossy, with little fuzz, usually 3 in a bur; quality very good. A strikingly handsome nut on account of its dark, glossy appearance. IIannum. Tree a very vigorous, upright grower, attaining great size, the original tree having a spread of about 80 feet; immensely productive. Nuts of medium size, light in color, very bright and handsome, and of very good quality Numbo. Burs medium, distinctly conical; spines slender, of medium length; nuts large, 1 to 3 in a bur, pointed, tip very long; dark bright brown, striped, handsome, thinly pubescent; quality excellent; foliage good; a light bearer with many. Ripe October 5 to 10. Paragon. Hardy and productive; nuts large and of excellent quality. Two trees, 4 years grafted, each produced a bushel of nuts, which sold at wholesale at $10 per bushel. Burs of immense size, distinctly flattened on top; nuts large, 3 to 5 in a bur, and covered with hairy fuzz. Kernel fine-grained, sweet and of good quality. Tree a very vigorous, upright grower. Ripe October 10 to 15. (See cut, page 1). Ridgely. Tree of immense size and very productive, more than 5 bushels of nuts, which sold at $11 per bushel, having been gathered from the original tree in a single season; burs are of medium size and carry from 2 to 3 nuts each; nuts of medium size, with some fuzz at point; kernels sweet and of good quality. One of the most valuable. Tree very healthy. (See cut, page 2.) Scott. Tree very hardy, strong growing and enormously productive, attaining large size. The original tree measures 5 feet in diameter, and produces annually 3 to 5 bushels of large, handsome nuts of excellent quality, that have sold in New York markets at $16 to $18 per bushel. Scott trees are very precocious; they pro- duce heavy crops at two years from graft. Another very important feature is its almost entire exemption from attacks of the Chestnut weevil. The original tree stands between two others planted at the same time, both of which have always suffered severely from the Chestnut weevil, while it is the exception to find an imperfect nut of the Scott. Young orchards propagated from the Scott, so far, appear to be free from worms. The nuts are large, beautiful, of glossy mahogany color, free from fuzz, and of good quality. Ripe October 18 to 25.
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