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Title: Pleasant Valley Nurseries : 1901 (catalog)
Identifier: CAT31285088 (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Pleasant Valley Nurseries; Collins, Arthur J; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock New Jersey Moorestown Catalogs; Nut trees Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs
Publisher: Moorestown, Burlington Co. , N. J. : Arthur J. Collins
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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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 tip.quality 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 bur; smooth, dark and handsome. Ripens September 20 to October 1. The tree's prolific bearing tendencies, the immense size of the nuts and their beautiful, bright mahogany color make this a very valuable Chestnut. A bur of this Chestnut is shown on page 1. SUCCESS. Burs very large, broad, with only a few short, scattering, branching spines on the top (thicker toward the base), on parchment-like husk, so thin that it sometimes cracks open and exposes the nuts within before they are fully ripe. Nuts extra large, nearly equal to Giant, but of a more regular and symmetrical form, being nearly as long as broad, and tapering to a point ; usually has 3 nuts in a bur. An ideal variety in every respect. Ripens September 20 to 23. SUPERB. This superb variety is a magnificent grower, and is an enormous bearer. The burs are literally packed one upon another along the branches. Generally there are 3 nuts to each bur, and it is the exception to find an imperfect or defective nut, nearly every one being very large, 2 inches across full, plump, bright and free from fuzz. Very valuable market sort. EUROPEAN VARIETIES, (grafted.) COMFORT. Avery large, handsome nut, that has been grown in Pennsylvania for many years, and is found so nearly identical with Paragon in growth and fruit that it is not improbable that it was a nut of this variety from which Mr. Schaeffer, of Germantown, grew the original Paragon tree. Comes to fruitage very young, and is an enormous bearer of nuts of very good quality. Ripens October 10 to 25. COOPER. Tree a vigorous grower and very productive ; bur large ; nuts large, smooth and glossy, with little fuzz, usually 3 in a bur ; quality very good. A strikingly handsome nut on account of its dark, glossy appearance.
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