Keywords: Lovett's illustrated catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees and plants for the autumn of 1891 (16794956517).jpg is T Lovett Co ” Nuts and Nut Trees <br> they are worthy of being planted by <br> everybody <br> ™¦Cosford ” An old English variety of superior <br> quality and valuable from the thinness of its shell as <br> no nut crackers are needed with it Oblong ia shape <br> and very sweet 2 ft ea 30c; doz 3 00 Small <br> ea 20c; doz 2 00 <br> Kentisli Cob ” One of the largest and finest of <br> the filberts oblong meaty and of excellent qualiiy <br> 2 ft ea 30c; doz 3 00 Small ea 20c; doz 2 00 <br> Commoii English ” The filbert grown the <br> most largely in England and a popular ort This <br> is often erroneously confounded with the Barcelona <br> Albert usually sold in the fruit stores 4 to 5 ft ea <br> 30c; doz 3 00; 100 20 00 2 to 3 ft ea 20 doz <br> 2 00; 100 12 00 Small ea 12c; doz 1 100 <br> 6 00 <br> HICKORIES <br> Not only are these valuable for their fine nuts but <br> they are among the largest and finest of shade trees <br> while tQe wood on account of its strength and elas- <br> ticity is highly prized for the making of agricultural <br> impl 'ments and for other manufacturing purposes <br> and It is also unsurpassed for fuel <br> Slie lbark Tuscatine or Shag-bark Cnrija <br> alba ”Tree of large <br> growth entirely hai - <br> dy and prod u c t i v e <br> Nuts thlnshelled; ker- <br> nel sweet and excel- <br> lent Always St lis <br> readily at good prices <br> The wood is of the <br> greatest value for me- <br> chanical purposes Hnd <br> ror fuel 2 ft ea <br> 25c;d z 2 f0 Small <br> t ra iispla » t ed ea 1 So ; <br> doz 1 50; 100 S'j-OO <br> Pe -aii Car /ao/- <br> ivmfnrmvfi ” This <br> nutso well known and <br> highly prized by all is of the easiest culture ” the tree <br> being of sturdy lofty growth From the fact of its <br> being found <br> in the forests <br> f the South <br> and West <br> manysupp it e <br> that it is not <br> not hardy at <br> the North <br> which is en- <br> tirely errone- <br> ous The shell i i Hit- kernel sweet and <br> delicloun <br> Our trees are the celebrated Gaudaloupe variety <br> growing on the Gaudaloupe River and are consider- <br> ed the best and al-o the earliest bearing Nuts large <br> and very thin-shelled 2 ft ea 25c; doz 2 50; 100 <br> 15 00 Small trans ea 15c; doz 1 50; 100 8 00 <br> WALNUTS <br> The wood of the walnut once so abundant Is now <br> so valuable and in such great demand that large <br> numbers of trees are being planted for this purpose <br> alone and the investments will prove profitable <br> Eiiglisli Frencb or <br> ITIaderia Nut <br> Juglansregia <br> ” Not only are <br> the delicious <br> thin -shelled <br> nuts prized <br> highly by all <br> but from this <br> tree is obtained <br> the beautiful <br> French curl- <br> edwalnut lum- <br> ber <br> York southward 3 to 4 ft ea 35c; doz 3 50 2 <br> to 3 ea 25c; doz 2 50; 100 15 00 Small trans <br> ea 15c; doz 1 50; 100 10 00 <br> I warf English Proeparturlens or Fer- <br> tile ” A variety of theEnglish walnut possessing many <br> points of n erit to commend it such as early bearing <br> superior hardiness and late blooming by which it <br> escapes the late frosts The nuts in all respects are <br> very much like the parert unless perhaps a trifle <br> larger Small trans ea 25c; doz 2 50 <br> SiEBOLDl ” This species <br> Japan Juglaxs <br> found growing <br> wild in the moun- <br> tains of northern <br> Japan and is as <br> hardy as an oak <br> It is of easy cul- <br> ture and the tree <br> grows with great <br> vigor It inatui es yr/' <br> early bears J oun <br> and is more re u- <br> lar and produc- <br> tive than the Eu- <br> glish walnut <br> The leaves are of <br> Immense size very <br> abundant and <br> form a magnifi- <br> cent shade The <br> nuts prow in clus- <br> ters of fifteen or twenty and are produced In great <br> numbers The shell is siiptiM v n i – ki-r than that of <br> the English wal- <br> nut but not as <br> thick as the black <br> wain u t ; meat <br> sweet and of fine <br> quality rt;iV »r sim- <br> ilar to the butter- <br> nut but less oily <br> and much supe- <br> rior JtOLAiNS <br> Max Coriufor- <br> MIS ” This is als <br> a Japanese speci <br> of walnut yet I <br> tie known resell I- <br> bllng in some re- <br> spects J Sirl hJ\ <br> but differing con- <br> siderably in form of nuts which are broad slightly <br> flattened with acute points at both extremities <br> smooth and something like our Shellbark hickory <br> but larger 2 yrs old ea- 50c; doz 5 00 <br> Butternut Jxiglam cinerea ” Nuts differ <br> from those of the <br> black walnut in being <br> longer and the kernels <br> of sweeter moi e del- <br> icate flavor The wood <br> is also very valuable <br> and the tree of lofty <br> spreading growth 3 <br> to 4 ft ;a 25c; doz <br> 2 50; 100 15 00 2 to <br> 3 ft ea 15c; doz <br> 1 50; 100 9 00 <br> slvely used in <br> the mannfac- <br> ure of fine fur- <br> niture Unlike <br> our American <br> varieties the <br> nuts fall from <br> the husk when <br> ripe The tree <br> of lofty growtli hardy and productive from New <br> Black Juglans <br> nigra ” The common <br> well - known black <br> walnut ; the wood is <br> the most beautiful and <br> valuable of all No one <br> who has ever eaten <br> walnut candywill ever <br> forget the flavor of <br> so exten- i its oily and toothsome <br> kernels 4 to 5 ft ea <br> 25c; doz 2 50 2 to 8 <br> ft ea 15c; doz 1 50; <br> 100 9 00 <br> Thi US helled <br> Butternut <br> Black ” A variety of the preceding with unusually <br> thin shells the kernels coming out whole In other <br> respects equally as valuable A decided Improve- <br> ment 3 to 4 ft ea 25c; doz 2 60; 100 15 00 <br> 45 42764497 136632 68527 Page 45 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/42764497 1891 10 5962/bhl title 68527 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; J T Lovett Company ; J T Lovett Company Biodiversity Heritage Library Lovett's illustrated catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees and plants for the autumn of 1891 Catalogs Commercial catalogs Fruit J T Lovett Company Little Silver New Jersey Plants Ornamental Seeds Shrubs Trees U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 42764497 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/42764497 bhlGardenStories Hickory Nut Walnut j t lovett company little silver new jersey plants ornamental u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories hickory nut Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-04-01 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16794956517 2015-08-23 20 54 42 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Lovett's illustrated catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees and plants for the autumn of 1891 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |