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  But 
  how 
  to 
  account 
  for 
  the 
  extra 
  sets 
  is 
  a 
  problem 
  not 
  clear 
  

   for 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  pollenation 
  might 
  have 
  occurred 
  in 
  one 
  

   of 
  two 
  ways 
  — 
  by 
  stray 
  pollen 
  grains 
  from 
  the 
  hand 
  operations 
  

   by 
  wind-carried 
  grains 
  from 
  the 
  trees. 
  In 
  any 
  event 
  only 
  the 
  

   fruiting 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  from 
  the 
  nuts 
  under 
  consideration 
  will 
  settle 
  

   it, 
  and 
  as 
  these 
  have 
  been 
  planted 
  we 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  way 
  to 
  the 
  

   solution. 
  

  

  THE 
  INDIANA 
  PECANS 
  

   R. 
  L. 
  McCoy, 
  Indiana 
  

  

  The 
  pecan 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  best 
  nut 
  that 
  grows. 
  It 
  belongs 
  

   to 
  the 
  hickory 
  family 
  which 
  is 
  indigenous 
  to 
  North 
  America. 
  

   Since 
  water 
  is 
  its 
  natural 
  distributing 
  agent 
  it 
  is 
  most 
  generally 
  

   found 
  growing 
  intermixed 
  with 
  the 
  large 
  hickory 
  nut 
  or 
  shag- 
  

   bark 
  in 
  creek 
  and 
  river 
  bottoms. 
  While 
  the 
  hickory 
  is 
  hardy 
  

   enough 
  to 
  thrive 
  even 
  into 
  the 
  Canadian 
  provinces 
  the 
  pecan 
  

   is 
  not 
  so 
  hardy 
  and 
  is 
  seldom 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  tier 
  of 
  

   states. 
  It 
  thrives 
  well 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  the 
  northern 
  boundary 
  

   of 
  Illinois. 
  The 
  writer 
  has 
  seen 
  a 
  transplanted 
  tree 
  in 
  bearing 
  

   in 
  Branch 
  County, 
  Michigan, 
  and 
  native 
  trees 
  along 
  the 
  Miss- 
  

   issippi 
  River 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Wisconsin. 
  

  

  The 
  nuts 
  in 
  the 
  extreme 
  northern 
  limit 
  are 
  not 
  much 
  larger 
  

   than 
  a 
  hazel 
  nut. 
  But 
  the 
  nuts 
  that 
  grow 
  in 
  Indiana 
  and 
  Illinois 
  

   from 
  the 
  Ohio 
  River 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  to 
  Rock 
  Island 
  on 
  the 
  north- 
  

   west 
  and 
  Lafayette 
  on 
  the 
  northeast 
  are 
  much 
  larger. 
  Here 
  

   are 
  found 
  many 
  superior 
  nuts 
  worthy 
  of 
  propagation. 
  In 
  fact, 
  

   the 
  writer 
  has 
  before 
  him 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  nuts 
  of 
  named 
  and 
  un- 
  

   named 
  varieties 
  which 
  he 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Littlepage 
  and 
  others 
  have 
  

   discovered 
  in 
  their 
  search 
  for 
  worthy 
  nuts 
  in 
  the 
  native 
  pecan 
  

   woods. 
  There 
  are 
  many 
  thousand 
  acres 
  of 
  these 
  groves 
  on 
  the 
  

   Ohio, 
  Green, 
  Wabash 
  and 
  Illinois 
  rivers 
  where 
  many 
  trees 
  are 
  

   found 
  which 
  bear 
  nuts 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  varieties 
  which 
  

   are 
  being 
  propagated 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  Coast 
  country. 
  

  

  The 
  nuts 
  of 
  the 
  Evansville 
  group 
  are 
  especially 
  noted 
  for 
  their 
  

   fine 
  flavor. 
  The 
  people 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  will 
  not 
  eat 
  southern 
  

   pecans 
  if 
  they 
  can 
  get 
  native 
  nuts. 
  This 
  year 
  several 
  carloads 
  

   of 
  these 
  native 
  wild 
  nuts 
  will 
  be 
  shipped 
  to 
  the 
  Cleveland, 
  Bos- 
  

   ton, 
  and 
  New 
  York 
  markets. 
  While 
  the 
  finer 
  nuts 
  seldom 
  get 
  

   into 
  the 
  markets 
  at 
  all 
  but 
  are 
  bought 
  by 
  wealthy 
  men 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  