. Catalogue of fruit and shade trees, ornamental plants and roses. Fruit trees Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Nut trees Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) California Santa Rosa Catalogs. 16 SANTA ROvSA NURSERIES. Japan Mammoth Chestnut. Japan Mammoth.—The largest and sweetest of all chestnuts ; even sweeter and better than the American "Sweet Chestnut," and twenty times as large. The trees commence bearing in California when only four or five years old. It is superior to all other chestnuts in every respect. Some of the nuts were weighed last
. Catalogue of fruit and shade trees, ornamental plants and roses. Fruit trees Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Nut trees Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) California Santa Rosa Catalogs. 16 SANTA ROvSA NURSERIES. Japan Mammoth Chestnut. Japan Mammoth.—The largest and sweetest of all chestnuts ; even sweeter and better than the American "Sweet Chestnut," and twenty times as large. The trees commence bearing in California when only four or five years old. It is superior to all other chestnuts in every respect. Some of the nuts were weighed last Spring before planting ; twelve of them zueighed one pound tzuo ounces. A few old trees of the Japan Chestnut are growing in various parts of this State ; all of them bear regular, heavy crops of mammoth, bright- colored, clean-looking sweet nuts. Many of the trees bloom in the nursery the second year from the seed, and I have seen them loaded with nuts at four years of age. The trees which I offer are grown in my nursery. The imported trees are worthless, as they are badly grown, and the few stubs of roots left are bruised so that they need nursing a year or two to bring them to life. Good trees with good roots, 50 to 75 cents each. Fresh nuts to plant, | per pound. y American Sweet Chestnut. American Sweet.—The nuts are much sweeter than the Italian or Spanish, but quite small. The tree grows well in cool, partiall}- shaded places, but is not suited to the hot valleys of this State. J WALNUTS. American Black.—Makes a large, spreading tree which bears here quite young. The wood is the black walnut of commerce, so highly valued for cabinet work. Price, 25 to 50 cents, according to size. ^ California Black Walnut.—The most rapid gro\s4ng of all the Walnut family. One of the best for shade. The nuts are good, and the wood is said to be very valuable for cabinet work. Price, 25 to 50 cents, according to size. English Walnut.—The common variety, grown from large, sel
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