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  It 
  is 
  not 
  common 
  down 
  in 
  southern 
  Florida. 
  You 
  notice, 
  too, 
  

   that 
  over 
  here 
  in 
  Texas 
  there 
  have 
  been 
  very 
  few 
  orchards 
  planted 
  

   to 
  pecans. 
  North 
  of 
  these 
  shaded 
  areas, 
  anywhere 
  up 
  in 
  Ohio 
  

   or 
  Pennsylvania 
  or 
  New 
  York, 
  the 
  pecan 
  has 
  not 
  shown 
  any 
  

   adaptability 
  or 
  has 
  not 
  shown 
  sufficient 
  adaptability 
  to 
  justify 
  

   commercial 
  planting. 
  Whatever 
  planting 
  of 
  pecans 
  is 
  done 
  in 
  

   the 
  area 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  shaded 
  portions 
  there 
  must 
  be 
  considered 
  

   as 
  experimental. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  The 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  Texas 
  is 
  actually 
  in 
  

   the 
  tropical 
  zone. 
  It 
  would 
  be 
  interesting 
  to 
  know 
  if 
  we 
  have 
  

   the 
  pecan 
  actually 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  tropics. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  We 
  have 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  vague 
  reports 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  

   growing 
  down 
  near 
  Brownsville. 
  I 
  think 
  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  told 
  

   us 
  the 
  other 
  day 
  of 
  a 
  friend 
  of 
  his 
  who 
  is 
  planting 
  pecans. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  Brownsville 
  is 
  very 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  tropics. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  Mr. 
  Yoacum 
  told 
  me 
  he 
  had 
  a 
  grove 
  down 
  

   there 
  that 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  a 
  success 
  so 
  far. 
  I 
  know 
  that 
  quite 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  people 
  have 
  discussed 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  planting 
  pecans 
  

   in 
  that 
  section. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  of 
  pecan 
  trees; 
  it 
  is 
  

   the 
  largest 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  ever 
  been 
  my 
  personal 
  privilege 
  to 
  see. 
  

   It 
  has 
  a 
  circumference 
  of 
  between 
  18 
  and 
  19 
  feet 
  and 
  a 
  spread 
  

   of 
  about 
  125 
  feet. 
  We 
  estimated 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  

   height. 
  It 
  stands 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  River, 
  some 
  

   distance 
  south 
  of 
  Baton 
  Rouge. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  What 
  is 
  the 
  approximate 
  water 
  level 
  below 
  

   the 
  ground 
  ? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  It 
  is 
  quite 
  near 
  the 
  surface. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  I 
  thought 
  so. 
  There 
  are 
  conditions 
  you 
  

   will 
  observe 
  that 
  are. 
  unusual. 
  In 
  lands 
  where 
  the 
  water 
  level 
  

   is 
  near 
  the 
  surface, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  tendency 
  in 
  the 
  tree 
  to 
  shove 
  out 
  

   a 
  lot 
  of 
  surface 
  roots. 
  You 
  can 
  travel 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  pecan 
  belt 
  

   of 
  Indiana 
  and 
  will 
  never 
  see 
  a 
  pecan 
  tree 
  that 
  does 
  not 
  look 
  

   as 
  if 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  driven 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  with 
  a 
  pile-driver, 
  but 
  I 
  

   have 
  noticed 
  that 
  you 
  find 
  those 
  spreading 
  roots 
  where 
  the 
  

   water 
  level 
  is 
  near 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  ground. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed: 
  It 
  is 
  interesting 
  to 
  know 
  that 
  right 
  near 
  this 
  

   tree 
  were 
  other 
  large 
  trees, 
  nearly 
  as 
  large, 
  that 
  were 
  blown 
  

   over, 
  and 
  they 
  showed 
  no 
  tap-roots, 
  but 
  merely 
  the 
  surface 
  roots. 
  

   This 
  slide 
  shows 
  a 
  pecan 
  bloom. 
  The 
  pistillate 
  bloom 
  is 
  clear 
  

   up 
  on 
  the 
  terminate 
  growth; 
  the 
  staminate, 
  like 
  other 
  nut 
  trees. 
  

  

  