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  is 
  on 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  last 
  season 
  and 
  comes 
  out 
  somewhat 
  in 
  ad- 
  

   vance 
  of 
  the 
  pistillate, 
  necessarily. 
  

  

  We 
  come 
  now 
  to 
  the 
  wild 
  pecans 
  of 
  Texas. 
  The 
  recent 
  census 
  

   figures 
  show 
  that 
  fully 
  three-fifths 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  pecans 
  produced 
  

   in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  come 
  from 
  Texas. 
  This 
  photograph 
  shows 
  

   the 
  native 
  wild 
  pecans 
  along 
  the 
  Colorado 
  River. 
  Here 
  is 
  the 
  

   pecan 
  as 
  a 
  park 
  tree. 
  This 
  picture 
  was 
  taken 
  in 
  Liana 
  Park, 
  

   New 
  Braunfels, 
  in 
  west 
  Texas. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  nuisances 
  in 
  pecan 
  

   trees 
  is 
  illustrated 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  photograph; 
  you 
  

   will 
  notice 
  the 
  Spanish 
  moss 
  that 
  grows 
  so 
  densely 
  on 
  the 
  pecan 
  

   trees 
  if 
  neglected. 
  Unless 
  the 
  moss 
  is 
  kept 
  out 
  it 
  gets 
  so 
  dense 
  

   that 
  it 
  smothers 
  the 
  fruiting 
  and 
  leafing 
  surface, 
  so 
  trees 
  that 
  

   are 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  that 
  are 
  able 
  to 
  make 
  leaves 
  only 
  on 
  

   the 
  terminals. 
  You 
  notice 
  in 
  the 
  rear 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  bananas 
  

   that 
  grow 
  there 
  throughout 
  the 
  entire 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  Chairman: 
  I 
  have 
  noticed 
  that 
  the 
  mistletoe 
  was 
  a 
  

   bad 
  parasite 
  on 
  the 
  pecans 
  in 
  some 
  regions. 
  Have 
  you 
  found 
  

   that? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Reed 
  : 
  Yes, 
  that 
  is 
  true 
  ; 
  that 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  pests 
  of 
  the 
  

   pecan. 
  This 
  slide 
  shows 
  a 
  typical 
  Texas 
  scene. 
  The 
  wild 
  pecans 
  

   have 
  been 
  gathered 
  and 
  are 
  brought 
  into 
  town 
  and 
  are 
  waiting 
  

   the 
  buyers. 
  You 
  will 
  notice 
  right 
  here 
  is 
  a 
  bag 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  

   stood 
  up 
  and 
  opened, 
  waiting 
  for 
  a 
  buyer, 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  we 
  see 
  

   grain 
  in 
  the 
  streets 
  of 
  northern 
  towns, 
  and 
  here 
  are 
  pecans 
  on 
  

   their 
  way 
  from 
  the 
  warehouse 
  to 
  the 
  car. 
  The 
  next 
  slide 
  shows 
  

   another 
  step; 
  they 
  are 
  on 
  their 
  way 
  now 
  from 
  Texas 
  to 
  the 
  

   crackery 
  or 
  the 
  wholesalers. 
  The 
  crop 
  of 
  pecans 
  in 
  Texas 
  alone 
  

   usually 
  runs 
  from 
  200 
  cars 
  to 
  600 
  or 
  700 
  cars. 
  This 
  year 
  the 
  crop 
  

   is 
  small 
  and 
  probably 
  not 
  over 
  200 
  cars, 
  so 
  the 
  prices 
  are 
  going 
  

   up. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  pecan 
  crackery 
  in 
  San 
  Antonio, 
  having 
  a 
  ca- 
  

   pacity 
  of 
  20,000 
  pounds 
  a 
  day. 
  The 
  pecans 
  are 
  cracked 
  by 
  ma- 
  

   chinery 
  and 
  the 
  kernels 
  are 
  picked 
  out 
  by 
  hand. 
  This 
  slide 
  

   shows 
  a 
  native 
  pecan 
  tree. 
  The 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  foreground 
  was 
  from 
  

   across 
  the 
  river 
  near 
  Vincennes. 
  It 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  northern 
  

   varieties 
  that 
  was 
  introduced, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  now 
  superseded. 
  The 
  

   next 
  is 
  the 
  original 
  tree 
  of 
  the 
  Busseron. 
  The 
  nuts 
  from 
  that 
  tree 
  

   are 
  on 
  exhibition 
  over 
  at 
  the 
  Court 
  House 
  brought 
  here 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Reed. 
  The 
  tree 
  was 
  cut 
  back 
  quite 
  severely 
  several 
  years 
  ago 
  

   to 
  get 
  budwood 
  and 
  has 
  not 
  made 
  sufficient 
  top 
  yet 
  to 
  bear 
  

   normal 
  crops 
  again. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  original 
  tree 
  of 
  Indiana. 
  Besides 
  

   the 
  tree 
  is 
  the 
  introducer, 
  Mr. 
  Mason 
  J. 
  Niblack, 
  the 
  gentle- 
  

   man 
  with 
  his 
  hand 
  by 
  the 
  tree. 
  Now 
  we 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  original 
  

  

  