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TH E COSFORD NUT.
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Cosford Nut. Hort. Trans, vol. ii. p. 405. Hort. Soc.
Fruit Cat. p . S5.
The first notice we find of this variety is in the
volume of the Transactions of the Horticultural
Society above referred t o ; where it is described as
having been received from Mr. Kirke, of Brompton,
who still cultivates it, and from whom the plants
in the Garden of the Horticultural Society were
obtained, which afforded the materials of the present
drawing. I t was exhibited in the course of this
season a t one of the meetings of the Ipswich Horticultural
S o c ie ty ; and as there is a Hundred in
Suffolk of the name of Cosford, it is not improbable
th a t the variety originated in th a t part of the
country.
I t highly deserves cultivation, being a great
bearer, and having a remarkably thin s h e ll; both
of which qualities entitle it to attention.
The T r e e grows vigorously, and the branches
upright. I nvolucrum nearly the length of the
Nut, slightly hispid a t the base. When the N u t
is ripe, which happens early, the involucrum expands,
but is not reflexed; its segments are deeply
divided.
N ut large, oblong, cylindrical at the base, rather
broader and slightly compressed towards vthe
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