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  put 
  out 
  in 
  tho 
  Sduth 
  today 
  as 
  any 
  other 
  variety, 
  for 
  the 
  simple 
  

   reason 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  good- 
  sized 
  nut 
  and 
  the 
  tree 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  bearing 
  

   record. 
  All 
  these 
  things 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  into 
  consideration 
  by 
  those 
  

   of 
  us 
  who 
  are 
  undertaking 
  to 
  propagate 
  northern 
  varieties. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  unquestionably 
  a 
  large 
  area 
  of 
  country 
  extending 
  approxi- 
  

   mately 
  from 
  the 
  latitude 
  of 
  Atlanta, 
  Gar, 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  Terre 
  Haute, 
  Ind., 
  

   in 
  which 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  field 
  for 
  experimenting 
  with 
  the 
  northern 
  

   varieties 
  of 
  pecans. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  mistake 
  to 
  undertake 
  to 
  bring 
  the 
  

   fc-outhern 
  varieties 
  too 
  far 
  north. 
  A 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  finest 
  of 
  the 
  southern 
  

   varieties 
  originated 
  on 
  the 
  Gulf 
  Coast, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  true 
  that 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  

   brought 
  a 
  considerable 
  distance 
  north 
  of 
  there, 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  always 
  

   doubted 
  their 
  successful 
  growth 
  with 
  any 
  degree 
  of 
  certainty 
  of 
  crops 
  

   north 
  of 
  Atlanta, 
  Ga. 
  ; 
  for 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  is 
  pretty 
  well 
  conceded 
  that 
  if 
  one 
  

   undertakes 
  to 
  crowd 
  the 
  northern 
  limits 
  with 
  the 
  southern 
  varieties 
  of 
  

   pecans, 
  they 
  become 
  uncertain 
  in 
  their 
  bearing 
  habits 
  and 
  the 
  pecans 
  

   are 
  much 
  smaller 
  and 
  not 
  as 
  well 
  filled. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  it 
  is 
  my 
  \ 
  

   opinion 
  that 
  the 
  northern 
  pecan 
  can 
  be 
  taken 
  south 
  of 
  its 
  origin 
  with 
  

   complete 
  safety. 
  The 
  longer 
  growing 
  season 
  will 
  probably 
  add 
  to 
  the 
  jj 
  

   certainty 
  of 
  the 
  crops 
  and 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  nuts. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  very 
  important 
  

   for 
  the 
  grower 
  of 
  these 
  northern 
  varieties 
  of 
  pecans 
  to 
  recognize 
  the 
  fact 
  

   that 
  they 
  cannot 
  be 
  taken 
  too 
  far 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  location 
  of 
  the 
  parent 
  

   tree. 
  The 
  limits, 
  however, 
  both 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  and 
  southern 
  varieties 
  

   are 
  not 
  arbitrary, 
  as 
  they 
  depend 
  very 
  much 
  upon 
  proximity 
  to 
  the 
  

   ocean 
  and 
  other 
  moderating 
  influences. 
  For 
  example, 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  probable 
  

   that 
  pecans 
  can 
  be 
  cultivated 
  much 
  farther 
  north 
  close 
  to 
  either 
  the 
  

   Atlantic 
  or 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  than 
  they 
  can 
  in 
  the 
  Middle 
  West. 
  All 
  of 
  

   these 
  things 
  remain 
  yet 
  to 
  be 
  determined, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  important 
  to 
  dis- 
  

   tinguish 
  between 
  the 
  setting 
  of 
  orchards 
  for 
  commercial 
  purposes 
  and 
  

   the 
  setting 
  of 
  trees 
  for 
  purely 
  experimental 
  purposes. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  uncpiestionably 
  a 
  great 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  comprising 
  

   approximately, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  said, 
  the 
  territory 
  lying 
  between 
  the 
  latitude 
  

   of 
  Atlanta, 
  Ga., 
  and 
  Terre 
  Haute, 
  Ind., 
  in 
  which 
  pecans 
  can 
  be 
  com- 
  

   mercially 
  produced 
  successfully. 
  In 
  the 
  near 
  future 
  I 
  expect 
  to 
  see 
  

   pecan 
  orchards 
  of 
  these 
  northern 
  varieties 
  producing 
  fine 
  nuts 
  and 
  

   bearing 
  as 
  regularly 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  sections 
  as 
  they 
  do 
  in 
  the 
  South. 
  \ 
  

   The 
  prospective 
  orchardist, 
  however, 
  must 
  look 
  well 
  to 
  the 
  varieties 
  

   which 
  he 
  selects 
  and 
  the 
  latitude 
  of 
  the 
  parent 
  tree 
  from 
  whence 
  they 
  

   come 
  and 
  the 
  geographical 
  conditions 
  that 
  influence 
  the 
  weather. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  referred 
  to 
  Evansville, 
  Ind., 
  as 
  being 
  about 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  

   Indiana 
  Group. 
  The 
  average 
  fall 
  frost 
  period 
  at 
  Evansville 
  is 
  about 
  

   the 
  20th 
  of 
  October. 
  The 
  average 
  period 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  spring 
  frost 
  is 
  

   about 
  April 
  the 
  9th. 
  This 
  will 
  serve 
  somewhat 
  as 
  a 
  guide 
  to 
  the 
  pros- 
  

   pective 
  commercial 
  orchardist. 
  However, 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  of 
  the 
  In- 
  

  

  