Title: Pleasant Valley Nurseries : 1900 (catalog)
Identifier: CAT31284502 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Pleasant Valley Nurseries; Collins, Arthur J; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock New Jersey Catalogs; Fruit New Jersey Catalogs; Trees New Jersey 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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Pleasant Valley Nurseries—Japan Chestnuts. 3
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" First, ALPHA—The Earli- est Chestnut. A good grower and bearer; nuts about 4 inches around ; brought, this fall, 40 cts. per quart, or over $12 per bushel. "Second, ADVANCE, ripen- ing about 5 days later. A good grower and bearer ; nuts large ; brought this fall 30 cts. per quart, or over #9 per bushel. "Third, RELIANCE, ripen- ing 4 to 5 days later. Not so fast a grower as the preceding, owing to its enormous loads of nuts, which are large, smooth and handsome ; brought this fall 25 cts. per quart, or about $8 per bushel. "Fourth, GIANT, ripening 4 or 5 days later. Good grow- er ; nuts very large, 6 inches around ; not so productive as the preceding. " Fifth, PARAGON. Ripens later, and is of better quality than any of the preceding. It is large and productive, and brought this year 20 cts. per quart, or over $6 per bushel." JAPANESE VARIETIES. CRAFTED. It is important that all Chest- nut trees should be grafted, and not seedlings. An orchard of seedling Chestnuts is almost as worthless as one of seedling apples or pears, no matter how large the nuts may have been from which the seedlings grew. ADVANCE. Early; comes in- to bearing at 2 or 3 years of age, and is very productive ; 2 to 3 large nuts to the bur; nuts dark, smooth, handsome ; quality good. Ripens Septem- ber 15. ALPHA. The earliest known Chestnut. Originated from seed of Parry's Giant. Tree an upright, vigorous grower, very productive ; the original tree began to bear at three years, and has never failed to produce a good crop. Nuts large, 4 inches around, running 2 and 3 in the burs, which open Sep- tember 5 to 10, without the aid of frost; the nuts command highest prices in the market. BETA. Early ; an upright, vigorous grower ; comes into bearing at 2 or 3 years of age, and is very productive, yield- ing about 2 quarts to a 10-foot tree. The nuts are large, running 2 to 3 to the bur, dark, smooth and handsome, ripen* jng September 10 to 15.

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