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  SOME 
  FACTS 
  CONCERNING 
  PECAN 
  TREES 
  FOR 
  PLANTING 
  

  

  IN 
  THE 
  NORTH. 
  

  

  W. 
  N. 
  Roper, 
  Petersburg, 
  Va, 
  

  

  Pecan 
  trees 
  for 
  successful 
  culture 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  must 
  be 
  of 
  hardy, 
  

   early-maturing 
  varieties, 
  budded 
  on 
  stocks 
  from 
  northern 
  pecans 
  and 
  

   grown 
  in 
  nursery 
  under 
  suitable 
  climatic 
  conditions. 
  These 
  are 
  requi- 
  

   sites 
  indicated 
  by 
  practical, 
  experimental 
  work 
  and 
  observations 
  ex- 
  

   tending 
  over 
  several 
  years. 
  

  

  The 
  successful 
  production 
  of 
  large 
  southern 
  pecans 
  in 
  far 
  northern 
  

   climates 
  can 
  hardly 
  be 
  looked 
  for 
  except 
  under 
  the 
  most 
  favorable 
  con- 
  

   ditions 
  of 
  soil, 
  location 
  and 
  season. 
  There 
  seems 
  no 
  good 
  reason 
  for 
  

   planting 
  southern 
  pecans 
  in 
  the 
  far 
  North, 
  except 
  in 
  an 
  experimental 
  

   way 
  ; 
  for 
  there 
  are 
  northern 
  varieties 
  now 
  being 
  propagated 
  that 
  are 
  the 
  

   equal 
  of 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  standard 
  southern 
  sorts 
  in 
  quality 
  and 
  very 
  little 
  

   below 
  them 
  in 
  size. 
  They 
  will 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  as 
  large 
  or 
  larger 
  in 
  the 
  

   North 
  than 
  the 
  southern 
  varieties 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  locality, 
  and 
  much 
  

   more 
  apt 
  to 
  bear 
  regularly. 
  

  

  The 
  method 
  used 
  in 
  propagating 
  the 
  hardy 
  types 
  is 
  important. 
  

   Budding 
  and 
  root-grafting 
  each 
  has 
  its 
  advocates 
  among 
  pecan 
  grow- 
  

   ers 
  in 
  the 
  South, 
  and 
  this 
  would 
  indicate 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  great 
  difference 
  

   between 
  the 
  trees 
  propagated 
  by 
  these 
  two 
  methods 
  when 
  they 
  are 
  

   planted 
  in 
  that 
  section. 
  But 
  based 
  on 
  results 
  with 
  several 
  hundred 
  

   specimens, 
  root-grafted 
  pecan 
  trees 
  are 
  not 
  desirable 
  for 
  planting 
  in 
  

   northern 
  climates. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  past 
  six 
  years 
  there 
  have 
  been 
  grown 
  in 
  nursery, 
  in 
  the 
  

   eastern 
  part 
  of 
  Virginia, 
  near 
  Petersburg, 
  about 
  2,000 
  root-grafted 
  trees 
  

   of 
  eight 
  southern 
  varieties 
  of 
  pecans 
  and 
  one 
  Virginia 
  variety, 
  including 
  

   Stuart, 
  Van 
  Deman, 
  Moneymaker, 
  and 
  Mantura. 
  All 
  these 
  trees 
  are 
  

   worthless. 
  None 
  of 
  them, 
  though 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  cared 
  for, 
  has 
  ever 
  

   been 
  considered 
  by 
  the 
  grower 
  fit 
  to 
  dig 
  and 
  transplant. 
  Most 
  of 
  these 
  

   trees 
  suffer 
  winter 
  injury 
  each 
  year, 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  being 
  killed 
  back 
  to 
  

   the 
  graft 
  union. 
  Those 
  that 
  do 
  not 
  die 
  below 
  the 
  ground 
  grow 
  out 
  the 
  

   following 
  summer, 
  only 
  to 
  be 
  killed 
  back 
  again 
  the 
  next 
  winter 
  or 
  spring. 
  

   Those 
  damaged 
  only 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  way 
  down 
  the 
  trunks, 
  even 
  when 
  not 
  

   badly 
  injured, 
  do 
  not 
  recover 
  promptly. 
  Several 
  hundred 
  budded 
  trees 
  

   grown 
  during 
  the 
  same 
  period 
  in 
  adjoining 
  rows 
  have 
  been 
  entirely 
  

   free 
  from 
  any 
  winter 
  injury. 
  The 
  grafts 
  and 
  buds 
  were 
  inserted 
  on 
  

   stocks 
  from 
  northern 
  and 
  southern 
  nuts. 
  

  

  A 
  thousand 
  budded 
  and 
  root-grafted 
  trees 
  received 
  from 
  six 
  south- 
  

   ern 
  nurserymen 
  were 
  planted 
  in 
  orchards 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  locality. 
  A 
  very 
  

   large 
  percentage 
  of 
  the 
  root-grafted 
  trees 
  died 
  ; 
  only 
  a 
  small 
  percentage 
  

  

  