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  with 
  us 
  men 
  who 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  exceedingly 
  practical 
  end 
  of 
  propa- 
  

   gation. 
  W. 
  C. 
  Reed 
  is 
  a 
  combination 
  of 
  the 
  student 
  and 
  the 
  

   propagator. 
  

  

  HISTORY, 
  DIMENSIONS 
  AND 
  CROP 
  RECORDS 
  OF 
  PAR- 
  

   ENT 
  NORTHERN 
  PECAN 
  TREES, 
  AND 
  NOTES 
  ON 
  

   THE 
  OBSERVATION 
  OF 
  PROPAGATED 
  TREES 
  

  

  W. 
  C. 
  Reed, 
  Vincennes, 
  Indiana 
  

   Varieties 
  

  

  In 
  considering 
  varieties 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  pecan, 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  

   points 
  to 
  be 
  estimated, 
  such 
  as 
  size, 
  thinness 
  of 
  shell, 
  cracking 
  qual- 
  

   ity, 
  quality 
  of 
  kernel, 
  growth 
  of 
  trees 
  in 
  nursery 
  and 
  bearing 
  records. 
  

   The 
  latter 
  is 
  perhaps 
  most 
  important. 
  What 
  we 
  want 
  are 
  trees 
  

   that 
  will 
  give 
  us 
  a 
  fair 
  crop 
  annually; 
  next 
  would 
  be 
  the 
  cracking 
  

   qualities. 
  If 
  they 
  crack 
  easily 
  and 
  come 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  shell 
  with 
  a 
  

   large 
  percentage 
  of 
  whole 
  meats 
  the 
  size 
  does 
  not 
  make 
  so 
  much 
  

   difference, 
  for 
  ultimately 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  a 
  variety 
  will 
  be 
  gauged 
  largely 
  

   by 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  pounds 
  of 
  whole 
  meats 
  a 
  bushel, 
  or 
  a 
  given 
  number 
  

   of 
  pounds, 
  will 
  produce. 
  I 
  would 
  therefore 
  place 
  prolific 
  bearing 
  

   and 
  cracking 
  qualities 
  as 
  the 
  two 
  most 
  important 
  points 
  to 
  be 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  in 
  selecting 
  a 
  variety 
  worthy 
  of 
  planting. 
  

  

  Crop 
  Records 
  

  

  In 
  considering 
  crop 
  records 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  northern 
  varieties? 
  

   we 
  have 
  no 
  grafted 
  or 
  budded 
  trees 
  old 
  enough 
  as 
  yet 
  from 
  which 
  

   to 
  make 
  comparisons, 
  and 
  in 
  considering 
  the 
  crops 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  

   trees 
  it 
  is 
  well 
  to 
  keep 
  in 
  mind 
  that 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  trees 
  are 
  located 
  

   in 
  the 
  native 
  forest 
  without 
  cultivation, 
  without 
  proper 
  sunhght 
  

   and 
  with 
  a 
  poor 
  chance 
  for 
  the 
  full 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  tree; 
  also 
  

   it 
  is 
  well 
  to 
  remember 
  that 
  scarcely 
  two 
  trees 
  have 
  the 
  same 
  sur- 
  

   roundings 
  and 
  conditions, 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  often 
  that 
  the 
  owner 
  is 
  

   able 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  entire 
  crop 
  from 
  any 
  one 
  tree, 
  being 
  located 
  in 
  

   the 
  forest 
  where 
  a 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  crop 
  is 
  carried 
  off 
  by 
  others. 
  

   With 
  these 
  conditions 
  it 
  is 
  often 
  impossible 
  to 
  tell 
  what 
  a 
  certain 
  

   tree 
  may 
  yield, 
  except 
  by 
  comparison 
  with 
  former 
  crops. 
  In 
  giving 
  

   you 
  these 
  yields 
  I 
  am 
  giving 
  my 
  own 
  knowledge 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  can, 
  

   and 
  then 
  information 
  and 
  estimates 
  from 
  the 
  most 
  reliable 
  sources 
  

   at 
  my 
  command. 
  

  

  Indiana 
  

  

  This 
  variety 
  is 
  perhaps 
  the 
  best 
  known 
  (owing 
  largely 
  to 
  its 
  name); 
  

   and 
  has 
  not 
  failed 
  to 
  produce 
  at 
  least 
  a 
  partial 
  crop 
  annually 
  for 
  

   the 
  past 
  fifteen 
  years. 
  Since 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  under 
  close 
  observation, 
  

  

  