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  propagate 
  this 
  variety 
  in 
  his 
  nursery 
  near 
  New 
  Orleans. 
  Soon 
  

   afterwards, 
  C. 
  E. 
  Pabst 
  of 
  Ocean 
  Springs, 
  Miss., 
  and 
  E. 
  E. 
  Risien 
  

   of 
  San 
  Saba, 
  Texas, 
  joined 
  in 
  the 
  pioneer 
  work. 
  The 
  late 
  Col. 
  

   W. 
  R. 
  Stuart 
  of 
  Ocean 
  Springs 
  soon 
  took 
  part 
  by 
  giving 
  publicity 
  

   to 
  the 
  early 
  varieties. 
  Gradually, 
  but 
  steadily, 
  choice 
  varieties 
  

   developed, 
  were 
  propagated 
  and 
  were 
  disseminated. 
  Orchard 
  plant- 
  

   ing 
  followed, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  assume 
  great 
  importance 
  until 
  since 
  about 
  

   1905. 
  The 
  orchards, 
  therefore, 
  were 
  still 
  too 
  young 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  

   last 
  census 
  was 
  taken 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  bearing 
  to 
  any 
  extent. 
  How- 
  

   ever, 
  the 
  crop 
  of 
  pecans 
  from 
  the 
  native 
  forests 
  and 
  from 
  single 
  

   trees 
  left 
  standing 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  space 
  where 
  the 
  forests 
  had 
  been 
  

   cleared 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  census 
  reports 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  second 
  

   most 
  valuable 
  of 
  American 
  nut 
  crops 
  in 
  1909. 
  

  

  In 
  quantity, 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  cultivated 
  pecans 
  is 
  still 
  slight 
  

   in 
  comparison 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  wild 
  product 
  or 
  with 
  cultivated 
  wal- 
  

   nuts 
  and 
  almonds 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Coast. 
  Just 
  now, 
  however, 
  a 
  great 
  

   many 
  of 
  the 
  orchards, 
  planted 
  this 
  century, 
  are 
  beginning 
  to 
  bear 
  

   and 
  not 
  improbably 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  cultivated 
  pecans 
  will 
  soon 
  

   eclipse 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  forest 
  product, 
  and 
  before 
  long 
  will 
  overhaul 
  the 
  

   lead 
  now 
  held 
  by 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut. 
  

  

  Thus, 
  briefly, 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  separate 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  nuts 
  

   of 
  this 
  country. 
  Collectively, 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  American 
  nut 
  culture 
  

   has 
  been 
  as 
  follows: 
  Nuts 
  from 
  foreign 
  countries 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  

   under 
  cultivation 
  for 
  centuries 
  have 
  been 
  more 
  inviting 
  than 
  have 
  

   the 
  native 
  and 
  undeveloped 
  species, 
  and 
  so 
  have 
  received 
  the 
  

   major 
  portion 
  of 
  attention 
  in 
  America. 
  Then 
  too, 
  human 
  nature 
  

   has 
  shown 
  itself 
  in 
  the 
  greater 
  interest 
  taken 
  by 
  nut 
  planters 
  in 
  

   foreign 
  nuts 
  instead 
  of 
  those 
  near 
  at 
  hand. 
  It 
  is 
  in 
  sections 
  remote 
  

   from 
  their 
  place 
  of 
  origin 
  that 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  leading 
  nuts 
  have 
  at- 
  

   tained 
  their 
  greatest 
  degree 
  of 
  perfection. 
  Thus, 
  the 
  average 
  pecan 
  

   of 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  Coast 
  is 
  distinctly 
  superior 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  

   Gulf; 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  scarcely 
  known 
  in 
  Persia 
  is 
  best 
  known 
  in 
  

   France 
  and 
  in 
  southern 
  California. 
  

  

  Progress 
  has 
  been 
  slow 
  and 
  not 
  concerted. 
  Seedling 
  trees 
  have 
  

   been 
  planted 
  under 
  the 
  firm 
  conviction 
  that 
  they 
  would 
  come 
  true, 
  

   or 
  because 
  methods 
  of 
  propagation 
  other 
  than 
  by 
  seedage 
  were 
  not 
  

   understood. 
  

  

  The 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  orchards 
  of 
  California 
  from 
  which 
  today 
  the 
  

   bulk 
  of 
  the 
  production 
  is 
  being 
  realized, 
  are 
  of 
  seedling 
  trees. 
  

   However, 
  the 
  Californians 
  have 
  learned 
  their 
  lesson 
  and 
  today 
  are 
  

   replacing 
  their 
  orchards 
  with 
  budded 
  stock 
  as 
  rapidly 
  as 
  possible. 
  

   They 
  have 
  found 
  that 
  while 
  the 
  Persian 
  walnut, 
  which 
  for 
  cen- 
  

  

  