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  "The 
  pecan 
  as 
  an 
  orchard 
  tree 
  has 
  recently 
  been 
  discovered 
  and 
  

   its 
  history 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  written. 
  The 
  record 
  at 
  present 
  is 
  largely 
  based 
  

   on 
  scattered 
  individual 
  trees 
  growing 
  under 
  abnormal 
  conditions 
  which, 
  

   as 
  a 
  rule, 
  are 
  favorable. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  "Calculations 
  and 
  deductions 
  based 
  upon 
  these 
  results 
  have 
  been 
  

   made 
  which 
  are 
  fascinating, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  utterly 
  unreliable 
  when 
  ap- 
  

   plied 
  to 
  orchards 
  of 
  other 
  trees 
  in 
  different 
  localities 
  growing 
  luider 
  

   totally 
  different 
  conditions? 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  "No 
  one 
  knows 
  what 
  a 
  pecan 
  orchard 
  grown 
  under 
  such 
  conditions 
  

   is 
  going 
  to 
  do." 
  

  

  Col. 
  Van 
  Duzee, 
  however, 
  expresses 
  firm 
  belief 
  in 
  the 
  success 
  of 
  

   pecan 
  growing 
  under 
  proper 
  personal 
  supervision. 
  

  

  It 
  all 
  comes 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  question, 
  "Can 
  you 
  or 
  I 
  hire 
  our 
  business 
  

   done 
  for 
  us, 
  never 
  go 
  near 
  it 
  ourselves 
  and 
  expect 
  others 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  suc- 
  

   cess 
  of 
  it 
  for 
  us 
  ? 
  " 
  

  

  And 
  yet, 
  when 
  all 
  is 
  said, 
  I 
  confess 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  tempted 
  by 
  

   my 
  faith 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  and 
  future 
  of 
  pecan 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  South. 
  I 
  

   might 
  have 
  invested 
  were 
  it 
  not 
  for 
  my 
  firm 
  belief 
  that, 
  in 
  nut 
  growing, 
  

   the 
  North 
  is 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  behind 
  the 
  South, 
  and 
  that 
  I 
  wish 
  to 
  devote 
  

   my 
  resources 
  and 
  my 
  energies 
  to 
  having 
  a 
  hand 
  in 
  a 
  development 
  which, 
  

   I 
  share 
  with 
  you 
  the 
  belief, 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  inestimable 
  benefit 
  to 
  the 
  human 
  

   race. 
  We 
  can 
  picture 
  the 
  day 
  when 
  our 
  dooryards, 
  our 
  roadsides, 
  our 
  

   fields 
  and 
  hills 
  shall 
  be 
  shaded 
  by 
  grand 
  nut 
  trees, 
  showering 
  sustenance 
  

   and 
  wealth 
  on 
  our 
  descendants, 
  and 
  all 
  people, 
  and 
  bearing 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  

   their 
  originators 
  ; 
  when 
  the 
  housewife 
  of 
  the 
  future 
  shall 
  send 
  her 
  wire- 
  

   less 
  call 
  to 
  the 
  grocer 
  for 
  a 
  kilo 
  of 
  Hales' 
  Papershells, 
  the 
  Rush, 
  the 
  

   Jones, 
  the 
  Pomeroy 
  Persian 
  walnuts, 
  the 
  Black 
  Ben 
  Deming 
  butternut, 
  

   the 
  Craig 
  Corean 
  chestnut, 
  the 
  Morris 
  Hybrid 
  hickory, 
  the 
  Close 
  black- 
  

   walnut 
  or 
  the 
  Littlepage 
  pecan. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  timely 
  paper. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  pro- 
  

   moters 
  we 
  find 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  any 
  subject 
  furnishes 
  an 
  index 
  of 
  the 
  

   fundamental 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  proposition. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  dis- 
  

   honest 
  people, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  fakirs 
  that 
  are 
  now 
  promoting 
  develop- 
  

   ment 
  schemes 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  pecan 
  indicates 
  that 
  down 
  at 
  the 
  

   bottom 
  somewhere, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  real 
  gold 
  mine. 
  We 
  will 
  go 
  on 
  to 
  Mr. 
  

   Eoper's 
  paper. 
  

  

  