. Pleasant Valley Nurseries : 1901 [catalog]. Nursery stock New Jersey Moorestown Catalogs; Nut trees Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 4 Arthur J. Collins, Moorestown, New Jersey. JAPANESE CHESTNUTS, continued. BIDDLE. Bur medium size, spines long and abundant; nuts large, broader than long, light brown, 2 to 5 in a bur, quality fair ; tree regular, close, round-headed, vigorous ; bark light. Ripens September 25 to October 1. COLONEL MARTIN. Usu- ally has 3 very large nuts to the bur, but frequently 5. Tree a vigorous grower, open, spread- ing, very prolific and produc
. Pleasant Valley Nurseries : 1901 [catalog]. Nursery stock New Jersey Moorestown Catalogs; Nut trees Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 4 Arthur J. Collins, Moorestown, New Jersey. JAPANESE CHESTNUTS, continued. BIDDLE. Bur medium size, spines long and abundant; nuts large, broader than long, light brown, 2 to 5 in a bur, quality fair ; tree regular, close, round-headed, vigorous ; bark light. Ripens September 25 to October 1. COLONEL MARTIN. Usu- ally has 3 very large nuts to the bur, but frequently 5. Tree a vigorous grower, open, spread- ing, very prolific and produc- tive ; a beautiful nut. Ripe September 20 to 25. DR. BLACK. Bur large, spines medium,abundant; nuts large, 3 to 7 in a bur, dark brown ; very early and very productive. Ripens Septem- ber 8 to 15. EARLY RELIANCE. Early; tree of low, dwarf, spreading habit, beginning to bear imme- diately ; one-year grafts are frequently loaded ; nuts large, 4 inches in circumference, and having the valuable character- istics of running 3 to 5 nuts in the bur. Tree enormously pro- ductive, a 10-foottree 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 good; tree close, round-headed,fairly prolific. Ripens September 20 to 30. KERR. Not so large as Col- onel Martin, but averages larger than Dr. Black. Nut dark brown, never more than 3 nuts to the bur, which has much shorter spines and is sometimes half bald; quality good. Tree Japan Chestnut, Early Reliance, with European variety below. J? a ..fine gr°wer and bears heavily. Ripe September 10 to 20. Its earliness, prolific bearing tendencies, beautiful dark nuts, and the vigor of the tree make the Kerr one of the most desirable varieties. PARRY'S GIANT. The largest known variety. Nuts 2 to 2^ inches across ; seldom more than 1 to the
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