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  "Warrick," 
  growing 
  in 
  Warrick 
  County, 
  Indiana, 
  which 
  took 
  the 
  prize 
  

   at 
  the 
  pecan 
  show 
  at 
  Mt. 
  Vernon, 
  Ind., 
  in 
  1909, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  fair 
  nut 
  of 
  more 
  

   than 
  average 
  size. 
  It 
  is 
  reputed 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  good 
  bearing 
  record, 
  but 
  I 
  

   have 
  not 
  yet 
  had 
  opportunity 
  to 
  completely 
  verify 
  this. 
  

  

  In 
  Posey 
  County, 
  Ind., 
  near 
  Evansville, 
  are 
  hundreds 
  of 
  wild 
  

   pecan 
  trees, 
  many 
  of 
  which 
  produce 
  good 
  nuts. 
  One 
  of 
  them, 
  from 
  

   which 
  I 
  propagated 
  last 
  year 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  "Hoosier," 
  is 
  a 
  

   very 
  prolific 
  tree 
  The 
  nut 
  itself 
  is 
  of 
  medium 
  size, 
  beautiful 
  color 
  and 
  

   thin 
  shell, 
  but 
  the 
  kernel 
  qualities 
  are 
  not 
  nearly 
  so 
  desirable 
  as 
  many 
  

   of 
  the 
  other 
  of 
  our 
  Indiana 
  pecans, 
  and 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  take 
  a 
  very 
  high 
  

   rank 
  in 
  the 
  estimation 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  our 
  observers. 
  I 
  visited 
  the 
  tree 
  in 
  

   August. 
  1910, 
  and 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  it 
  had 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  bountiful 
  crops 
  

   of 
  nuts 
  that 
  I 
  had 
  ever 
  seen 
  growing 
  on 
  a 
  tree. 
  It 
  was 
  hanging 
  full 
  of 
  

   clusters 
  containing 
  five 
  and 
  six 
  nuts 
  each. 
  I 
  visited 
  it 
  again 
  in 
  October 
  

   and 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  nuts 
  had 
  ripened 
  very 
  early. 
  This 
  nut 
  took 
  the 
  

   ])rize 
  at 
  the 
  Mt. 
  Vernon 
  pecan 
  show 
  in 
  1910. 
  

  

  Crossing 
  the 
  river 
  from 
  Indiana, 
  we 
  have 
  in 
  the 
  Major 
  woods 
  at 
  

   'he 
  mouth 
  of 
  Green 
  River, 
  nine 
  miles 
  from 
  Evansville, 
  three 
  desirable 
  

   pecans— 
  the 
  " 
  Greenriver, 
  " 
  the 
  "Major," 
  and 
  the 
  "Hinton." 
  The 
  

   "Major" 
  and 
  the 
  "Hinton" 
  have 
  been 
  propagated 
  by 
  ]\Ir. 
  William 
  N. 
  

   Iioper, 
  at 
  Petersburg. 
  Va., 
  for 
  some 
  time. 
  They 
  are 
  round, 
  well 
  filled 
  

   nuts, 
  and 
  are 
  considered 
  by 
  confectioners 
  as 
  the 
  most 
  desirable 
  type 
  of 
  

   jiecan 
  for 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  confectionery 
  purposes. 
  The 
  "IMajor" 
  is 
  the 
  

   best 
  cracking 
  pecan 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  seen, 
  either 
  North 
  or 
  South, 
  and 
  is 
  

   a 
  regular 
  bearer, 
  but 
  not 
  as 
  high 
  in 
  flavor 
  as 
  some 
  other 
  varieties. 
  The 
  

   "Hinton" 
  is 
  an 
  oval-shaped 
  nut, 
  having 
  a 
  corrugated 
  shell, 
  of 
  fine 
  

   cracking 
  and 
  kernel 
  qualities, 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  yet 
  satisfactorily 
  deter- 
  

   mined 
  its 
  bearing 
  record. 
  

  

  The 
  "Greenriver" 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  larger 
  than 
  either 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  nuts, 
  

   and 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  finest 
  medium-sized 
  pecans 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  foiind. 
  

   The 
  tree 
  is 
  reported 
  not 
  to 
  have 
  missed 
  a 
  crop 
  in 
  eleven 
  years, 
  although 
  

   the 
  crop 
  this 
  year 
  was 
  very 
  light, 
  probably 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  

   cut 
  pretty 
  severely 
  last 
  year 
  for 
  grafting 
  wood. 
  All 
  three 
  of 
  these 
  

   varieties 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  IMajor 
  woods 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Green 
  River 
  

   give 
  excellent 
  promise, 
  with 
  perhaps 
  the 
  "Greenriver" 
  in 
  the 
  lead 
  for 
  

   general 
  qualities. 
  

  

  Down 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Wabash 
  in 
  Posey 
  County. 
  Indiana, 
  and 
  

   across 
  on 
  the 
  Illinois 
  side, 
  are 
  several 
  very 
  fine, 
  large, 
  beautiful 
  varieties 
  

   of 
  pecans, 
  which 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  L. 
  McCoy, 
  of 
  Lake. 
  Ind., 
  and 
  myself 
  are 
  observ- 
  

   ing. 
  Several 
  of 
  these 
  pecans 
  are 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  standard 
  

   southern 
  varieties, 
  and 
  when 
  I 
  visited 
  the 
  trees 
  this 
  year 
  in 
  August, 
  

   they 
  were 
  bearing 
  good 
  crops 
  of 
  nuts. 
  We 
  have 
  not 
  yet 
  named 
  these 
  

   varieties, 
  but 
  expect 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  after 
  we 
  have 
  observed 
  them 
  the 
  coming 
  

  

  