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  Observations 
  on 
  Propagated 
  Trees 
  

  

  The 
  Busseron 
  has 
  shown 
  a 
  stronger 
  tendency 
  to 
  early 
  bearing 
  

   than 
  any 
  other 
  variety. 
  The 
  Major 
  and 
  Greenriver 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  

   best 
  growers 
  in 
  the 
  nursery, 
  with 
  very 
  heavy 
  fohage. 
  The 
  Posey 
  

   makes 
  a 
  very 
  stocky 
  tree 
  but 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  difficult 
  

   to 
  propagate. 
  

  

  Southern 
  Varieties 
  

  

  The 
  summer 
  of 
  1914 
  we 
  had 
  the 
  Stuart, 
  Delmas 
  and 
  Schley. 
  

   The 
  first 
  killing 
  frost 
  was 
  a 
  severe 
  cold 
  snap 
  ; 
  mercury 
  dropped 
  to 
  

   10 
  above 
  zero, 
  November 
  22d. 
  Fohage 
  on 
  these 
  perfectly 
  green 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  the 
  nuts. 
  The 
  Stuart 
  seemed 
  to 
  have 
  about 
  matured 
  fruit 
  

   although 
  fohage 
  was 
  green. 
  Husk 
  on 
  nuts 
  had 
  burst 
  open 
  ready 
  

   to 
  drop. 
  The 
  fruit 
  which 
  looked 
  to 
  be 
  ripe, 
  however, 
  when 
  cracked, 
  

   the 
  kernel 
  looked 
  plump, 
  but 
  when 
  cut 
  open 
  was 
  found 
  pithy 
  and 
  

   more 
  like 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  cork. 
  

  

  Stuart 
  tree 
  bearing 
  this 
  season 
  nuts 
  at 
  present, 
  September 
  1st, 
  

   only 
  half 
  grown, 
  while 
  Busseron 
  alongside 
  in 
  nursery 
  row 
  is 
  full 
  

   size. 
  The 
  northern 
  varieties 
  usually 
  mature 
  ready 
  to 
  gather 
  Octo- 
  

   ber 
  1st; 
  the 
  Indianas 
  in 
  the 
  jar 
  on 
  the 
  table 
  were 
  gathered 
  Septem- 
  

   ber 
  28th 
  last 
  year. 
  

  

  High 
  Land 
  versus 
  Low 
  Land. 
  Pecans 
  in 
  High 
  Land 
  

  

  There 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  articles 
  written 
  by 
  men 
  well 
  posted 
  

   claiming 
  that 
  the 
  pecan 
  will 
  not 
  bear 
  or 
  thrive 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  cul- 
  

   tivated 
  bottom 
  lands 
  of 
  our 
  valleys 
  and 
  streams. 
  The 
  writer 
  wishes 
  

   to 
  disprove 
  this 
  erroneous 
  idea. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  borne 
  out 
  by 
  facts. 
  

   On 
  the 
  farm 
  of 
  W. 
  J. 
  Coan 
  of 
  Bruceville, 
  Knox 
  County, 
  Ind., 
  there 
  

   are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  pecans 
  planted 
  from 
  ten 
  to 
  fifteen 
  years 
  ago. 
  Part 
  

   of 
  these 
  trees 
  are 
  on 
  bottom 
  land 
  and 
  part 
  on 
  high 
  land. 
  This 
  

   high 
  land 
  is 
  heavy 
  clay 
  underlaid 
  with 
  considerable 
  hardpan. 
  The 
  

   writer 
  visited 
  these 
  trees 
  two 
  weeks 
  ago 
  and 
  has 
  photographs 
  show- 
  

   ing 
  four 
  trees 
  in 
  a 
  group 
  that 
  were 
  planted 
  fifteen 
  years 
  ago 
  that 
  

   have 
  borne 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  six 
  years, 
  each 
  crop 
  getting 
  better. 
  At 
  the 
  

   present 
  time 
  I 
  would 
  judge 
  they 
  are 
  bearing 
  at 
  least 
  one 
  bushel 
  to 
  

   the 
  tree. 
  A 
  single 
  tree 
  in 
  the 
  barnyard 
  has 
  not 
  made 
  the 
  growth 
  

   owing 
  to 
  the 
  compact 
  soil 
  around 
  it. 
  However, 
  it 
  has 
  borne 
  quite 
  

   heavily, 
  commenced 
  bearing 
  at 
  nine 
  years 
  of 
  age 
  from 
  seed. 
  The 
  

   trees 
  on 
  the 
  bottom 
  land 
  are 
  not 
  as 
  large 
  and 
  have 
  not 
  borne 
  half 
  

   as 
  many 
  nuts 
  as 
  the 
  ones 
  planted 
  on 
  high 
  land. 
  This 
  is 
  Mr. 
  Coan's 
  

   report 
  and 
  he 
  says 
  that 
  were 
  he 
  planting 
  again 
  he 
  would 
  plant 
  

   entirely 
  on 
  high 
  ground. 
  The 
  trees 
  shown 
  in 
  these 
  photographs 
  

   are 
  located 
  on 
  perhaps 
  the 
  highest 
  elevation 
  in 
  Knox 
  County, 
  Ind. 
  

  

  