. 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. 98 THE NUT CULTUKIST. with moderately prominent, grayish buds. Burs in long racemes (Pig. 24), very large for this species; spines long, strong, branching and sharp. Nuts only one in each bur, rather short, broad, top-shaped, with blunt point; shell rery smooth, glossy, almost black; kernel fine-grained and sweet. Ripens early, or with the earli- est of the native sweet chestnuts. The original tree is. FIG. 25. rtriLEK'S OHINQUAFIN
. 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. 98 THE NUT CULTUKIST. with moderately prominent, grayish buds. Burs in long racemes (Pig. 24), very large for this species; spines long, strong, branching and sharp. Nuts only one in each bur, rather short, broad, top-shaped, with blunt point; shell rery smooth, glossy, almost black; kernel fine-grained and sweet. Ripens early, or with the earli- est of the native sweet chestnuts. The original tree is. FIG. 25. rtriLEK'S OHINQUAFIN. FIVE TEAKS OLD FKOM NUT. only six years old, twice transplanted, and is now ten feet high, with a head fully as broad, and as shown in Fig. 25. Although growing in a rather exposed posi- tion, it has never been injured by low temperature in winter or a high one in summer. It has thus far been the most rapid-growing chestnut tree in my grounds, although given no special care. "Whether it will eventu- ally become a large tree, or soon cease to extend, is, of. 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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