. The nut culturist : a treatise on the propagation, planting and cultivation of nut-bearing trees and shrubs, adapted to the climate of the United States ... Nuts. THE CHESTNCT. 91 Oastaitea pumila {chinquapin chestnut).—Leaves oblong-lanceolate, short or acutely pointed, coarsely serrate, with in- curved pointed teeth, green above, tomentose under- neath. Burs in ra- cemes (Fig. 21), two-valved. Some- times the burs are single, as shown in Fig. 23. Spines branching from a short stalk; nuts solitary, OToid, pointed, with dark- brown polished shell. Kernel fine- grained, sweet and excellent. A
. The nut culturist : a treatise on the propagation, planting and cultivation of nut-bearing trees and shrubs, adapted to the climate of the United States ... Nuts. THE CHESTNCT. 91 Oastaitea pumila {chinquapin chestnut).—Leaves oblong-lanceolate, short or acutely pointed, coarsely serrate, with in- curved pointed teeth, green above, tomentose under- neath. Burs in ra- cemes (Fig. 21), two-valved. Some- times the burs are single, as shown in Fig. 23. Spines branching from a short stalk; nuts solitary, OToid, pointed, with dark- brown polished shell. Kernel fine- grained, sweet and excellent. A medi- um-sized tree twenty to forty feet high; in rich soils from New Jersey, South- e r n Pennsylvania and southward, to Georgia, and spar- ingly westward to Arkansas. Castakba sa- tiva or v e s c a {European chest- nut).—Leaves ob- long-lanceolate, pointed, coarsely serrate, with rather long incurved spines on the teeth; smooth on both sides, but glossy. FIG. 2a. SINGLE BUR, NUT AND LEAF Or CHINQUAPIN CHESTNUT. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Fuller, Andrew Samuel, 1828-1896. New York : Orange Judd
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