Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-03

from a commercial standpoint tn,
chestnut. for this vicinity. seems 10 m,
by Tar the most promising of nute w,
k fll the tree thrives ami bears here
Wincn are important factors already %
| tapilshed. The market takes all N,
American chestnuts, and many thousanf
pounds besides which are imnorted fron
,1ia,s an , rtailee' they are mostly SOLE
aiohs the streets, much as peanuts are
| consider the vast increase possible in this
| me and the FAR greater demand wher
they become as frequently used for des.
Serts and relisheS as their merits deserve
| Mark the frequency with which tht
chestnut appears III newer cook books fol
| Stl1lngS. dressings etc and remember
t ,ilat chesthuts are even now found with
| vegetables upon that class of American
| tables that soon have innlImarabIp mira
| TORS; and prepare for this demand. VIII II
IS small. indeed, compared with the pcs
chestnuts are dried, ground into aour.and
| become the staple article of dict that thev
| pave so long been in southern F.llroDe.
| Not only chemistry. but the experience ii
generations. has demonstrated the fitness
| OF chestnut meal for human food.
Chestnut trees do best on hie, we'll
~ allied laild WIN open sub-soil such hill
Sues SeS as abound IN New England. Stony
iahi IS no objection: chestnllts do not
pfulse in falling as plums would Once
established Il chestnut orchard continues
IN profit for decades or even centuries.
no brotect,on ana very little pruning are
required. No large fertilizer bills en-
cfodch upon profits; their roots; 20 deem
INTO the ground and get fertility far be-
.oW the reach OF annual crops An cs-
tahliShed chestnut orchard win Weld ~
many bushels per acre as corn and win
niue more than the expense of katherine
nostnuts brought Sl4 per l,;shcl at the
III! NJ OF Iast season for the best sorts
These fell as the season advanced ia So
and $40. ANA 10 81 and S. for poorer sorts
II farmers should get such prices for corn
think "'''i'
Chestnuts do not require constant at
tehtlon and the gathering can be done nv
cheap labor. They are not perisha bic and
can De stored or sent great distances to
800 ~ q 5000 market price. CheStnuts do not
lted expensive packing boxes for shin
ping. P
There are three distinct strains of chest
NUS NUS me American. European and Japan.
me American nuts are small tslialIv
fuzzy, and of the best quality The turn
pedh trees nave given us Il strain of very
popular ch"StnutS, including Paragon.
,,4ioSelE; Scott ana host of other COOL
KINDS In Japan there are three kinds:
me largest and best is being planted here.
the choicest seedlings are named and are
propagated by araftine. The trees bear
Wnth very young and are good troopers Of
nus 81 ne largest size although not uSu-
ally of the finest flavor
Inc hazicnut is common in the lrnjted
states, but has not yet submitted kindly
to culture. The cocoanut is thr jrilit If !,
stately palm. Some trees are said to hear
as many as three hundred nuts. The area
suitable 10 its successful culture in thu
/ nlled States IS small, being confined to
parts of Florida.
Many are deferred from enabarking in
nut culture because they think they Rave
10 want long Tor returns, but the fact IS
you do not have long to wait.
IN concliSlohiet me call attention again
20 the timber value OF bearing trees
am sun more anxious that their 0rna-
,ileHtal properties be remembered. and es-
pttiaiiy by the owner of Il home with but
limited surroundings Let him who feels
.hdl much OF ms earnings must be sacri-
feed upon the altar of utility NOT fnr,tat
mat there are trees as handsome as any
mat VIII yield each year product de-
SiTahie AT home or salable anywhere
Let me recommend nut culture to tho
FARMER VINO would increase his income
NO on" needs be deferred because he h;,s
10 Idf stHcfeaSe 10 devote To nut orchards
alone There il surely room for th9i tta.
WHith' "hiie crow ting out nothing useful
VIII toe an enduring source Of satiSfurtinn