. Spring 1899 : Parrys' Pomona Nurseries. Nursery stock New Jersey Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. Parrys' Pomona Nurseries, Parry, New Jersey* 15 NTJT CULTURE, continued. 4 feet high, trees are heavily laden with nuts of enor- mous size, measuring 4 to 6 inches around and running 3 to 7 in a bur. Their early bearing and great productiveness of such enormous nuts are the wonder and admiration of all who see them. The value of Chestnuts and pro- fits of their culture depend very »—^ MUCH ON THEIR EARLY RI
. Spring 1899 : Parrys' Pomona Nurseries. Nursery stock New Jersey Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. Parrys' Pomona Nurseries, Parry, New Jersey* 15 NTJT CULTURE, continued. 4 feet high, trees are heavily laden with nuts of enor- mous size, measuring 4 to 6 inches around and running 3 to 7 in a bur. Their early bearing and great productiveness of such enormous nuts are the wonder and admiration of all who see them. The value of Chestnuts and pro- fits of their culture depend very »—^ MUCH ON THEIR EARLY RIPENING, as Jag large Chestnuts marketed in Septem- ^«*q ber and early October will bring $10 to $15 per bushel, while late in Octo- ber and November the price will drop to 16 or $8 per bushel. Our Japan Mammoth has the fortunate feature of maturing very early, without the aid of frost to open the burs, and is hardy in northern New York. Chestnut Culture. The following paper was read before the Gloucester Countv Farmers' Institute, November 19, 1897, by Charles Parry, of Parry, Burlington county, N. J.: " There are annually imported into the United States from southern Europe many thousand ^CS1 pounds of Chestnuts. Over t^j* vV\* one and a half millions of v^<*^ dollars are paid every year by this country for imported nuts, of which a consider- able portion are Chestnuts. Every pound of these Chest- nuts could and should be grown at home. There are some imported articles, such as tea and silk, for instance, that had better be grown abroad. Although we have soil and climate well adapted to the production of these staples, yet the labor cost is so great in these articles that it is good economy to avail ourselves of the cheap labor of other countries and produce them abroad, employing our own labor in a field that will return many times what it would in tea or silk. "This does not apply to the production of Chest- nuts. There are very few farm products that will y
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