. 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. 110 THE NUT CULTUKIST. in Fig. 34, natural direct from Japan, secured these very. 'â if %.% FIG. 34. JAPAN GIANT CHESTNUT. size, and from a specimen received Some of the nurserymen who have large nuts for planting, offer the seedlings raised therefrom under such names as Mammoth and Giant Japan,but as there is no certainty, and scarcely a prob- abSity,that such seedlings will produce nuts as large as those pi an tied, the names are
. 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. 110 THE NUT CULTUKIST. in Fig. 34, natural direct from Japan, secured these very. 'â if %.% FIG. 34. JAPAN GIANT CHESTNUT. size, and from a specimen received Some of the nurserymen who have large nuts for planting, offer the seedlings raised therefrom under such names as Mammoth and Giant Japan,but as there is no certainty, and scarcely a prob- abSity,that such seedlings will produce nuts as large as those pi an tied, the names are rather misleading, although proper enough if given to grafted varieties of large size. When an extra- fine variety is produced from the nut, it should, of course, be preserved and propagated in the usual way. The late Wm. Parry, of Parry, N. J., was one of the first nurserymen to attempt to produce new varieties of the Japan chestnut in this country, and his sons have continued his experi- ments in this direction. Others may have been equally successful, but I have been unable to ob- tain any satisfactory re- "^ ports from those to whom I have applied for ^^^- ^^â information; consequently, I can only say that the fol- lowing, with few exceptions, originated at the Wm. Parry nurseries: Adtajtcb (Parry).âBurs medium, slightly flattened on top; spines medium, short, almost sessile, as shown. 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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