. Pleasant Valley Nurseries : 1901 [catalog]. Nursery stock New Jersey Moorestown Catalogs; Nut trees Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. Pleasant Valley Nurseries—European Chestnuts. HAN NUM. Tree a very vigorous, upright grower, attaiuiug 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, hand
. Pleasant Valley Nurseries : 1901 [catalog]. Nursery stock New Jersey Moorestown Catalogs; Nut trees Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. Pleasant Valley Nurseries—European Chestnuts. HAN NUM. Tree a very vigorous, upright grower, attaiuiug 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 3.) 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 3.) SCOTT. Tree very hardy, strong growing and enormously productive, at- taining large size. The original tree measures 5 feet in diameter, and produces annual^ 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 pre- cocious ; they produce 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 ot
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