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  "Indiana 
  pecan.". 
  It 
  is 
  true, 
  of 
  course, 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  finest 
  of 
  

   the 
  northern 
  pecans 
  have 
  originated 
  in 
  Indiana, 
  yet 
  I 
  prefer 
  to 
  speak 
  of 
  

   pecans 
  in 
  that 
  whole 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  as 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  "Indiana 
  

   group." 
  Taking 
  Evansville, 
  Ind., 
  as 
  the 
  center, 
  there 
  grow, 
  within 
  a 
  

   radius 
  of 
  fifty 
  miles, 
  in 
  Indiana, 
  Illinois 
  and 
  Kentucky, 
  many 
  thousands 
  

   of 
  wild 
  pecan 
  trees; 
  and 
  after 
  an 
  investigation 
  extending 
  through 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  years, 
  there 
  have 
  been 
  selected 
  from 
  these 
  various 
  wild 
  groves 
  

   a 
  few 
  trees 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  deemed 
  desirable 
  to 
  propagate. 
  In 
  

   this 
  connection 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  mention 
  the 
  valuable 
  work 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  

   along 
  this 
  line 
  by 
  Mason 
  J. 
  Niblack. 
  of 
  Vincennes, 
  Ind. 
  ; 
  Prof. 
  C. 
  G. 
  

   "Woodbury, 
  of 
  Lafayette. 
  Ind. 
  ; 
  R. 
  L. 
  McCoy, 
  of 
  Lake, 
  Ind. 
  ; 
  and 
  J. 
  F. 
  

   ^iU<inson. 
  of 
  Rockport, 
  Ind. 
  These 
  men, 
  with 
  the 
  assistance 
  of 
  others 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  have 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  been 
  making 
  investigations 
  

   of 
  these 
  pecans 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  of 
  determining 
  the 
  most 
  desirable 
  varieties 
  

   from 
  which 
  to 
  propagate. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  my 
  privilege 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  benefit 
  

   of 
  the 
  information 
  gathered 
  by 
  these 
  gentlemen, 
  which, 
  added 
  to 
  my 
  

   own 
  experience, 
  has 
  given 
  me 
  a 
  fairly 
  comprehensive 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  desir- 
  

   , 
  able 
  nuts 
  in 
  that 
  section, 
  and, 
  as 
  the 
  geographical 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  

   known 
  dsirable 
  varieties 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  about 
  Evansville, 
  Ind., 
  I 
  will, 
  for 
  

   matter 
  of 
  convenience, 
  designate 
  them 
  as 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  "Indiana 
  

   Group." 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  determine 
  with 
  some 
  certainly 
  the 
  desirability 
  

   of 
  six 
  or 
  seven 
  varieties 
  of 
  pecans 
  for 
  propagating 
  purposes. 
  We 
  have 
  

   a 
  number 
  of 
  others 
  under 
  observation. 
  In 
  investigating 
  a 
  pecan 
  for 
  

   propagating 
  purposes, 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  examine 
  it 
  from 
  two 
  stand- 
  

   points, 
  first, 
  the 
  tree 
  qualities, 
  and 
  second, 
  the 
  qualities 
  of 
  the 
  nut 
  itself. 
  

   The 
  tree 
  must 
  be 
  of 
  a 
  thrifty 
  nature, 
  a 
  rapid 
  grower, 
  not 
  especially 
  

   subject 
  to 
  any 
  particular 
  diseases, 
  must 
  bear 
  regularly, 
  and 
  the 
  crops 
  

   must 
  be 
  of 
  a 
  good 
  average 
  as 
  to 
  quantity. 
  When 
  observing 
  a 
  great 
  

   number 
  of 
  pecan 
  trees, 
  it 
  soon 
  becomes 
  apparent 
  that 
  some 
  varieties 
  

   grow 
  much 
  faster 
  than 
  others. 
  This 
  is 
  first 
  noticed 
  in 
  the 
  nursery 
  rows, 
  

   and 
  it 
  is 
  highly 
  desirable 
  to 
  select 
  not 
  only 
  those 
  varieties 
  which 
  grow 
  

   fast, 
  Init 
  even 
  the 
  best 
  growing 
  trees 
  of 
  any 
  particular 
  variety. 
  ]Most 
  of 
  

   the 
  trees 
  from 
  which 
  propagating 
  is 
  done 
  are 
  generally 
  full 
  grown, 
  and 
  

   it 
  is 
  sometimes 
  difficult 
  to 
  tell 
  from 
  observing 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  woods 
  what 
  

   their 
  growing 
  qualities 
  are. 
  yet 
  it 
  is 
  occasionally 
  apparent 
  from 
  observ- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  tree 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  thrifty 
  and 
  strong, 
  while 
  another 
  tree 
  may 
  look 
  

   entirely 
  different. 
  The 
  growing 
  quality, 
  however, 
  does 
  not 
  usually 
  

   l^ecome 
  apparent 
  until 
  after 
  they 
  are 
  propagated 
  and 
  put 
  under 
  proper 
  

   conditions 
  of 
  cultivation. 
  

  

  The 
  bearing 
  record 
  of 
  a 
  tree 
  can 
  be 
  determined 
  only 
  by 
  observing 
  

   the 
  tree 
  for 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years 
  and 
  measuring 
  its 
  crops. 
  There 
  are 
  many 
  

   trees 
  that 
  are 
  almost 
  infallible 
  producers, 
  but 
  some 
  years 
  the 
  crop 
  is 
  

  

  