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 The Pecan (Carya olivaeformis) 



Pecan trees have been grown for some years at several places in 

 Ontario. In the vicinity of Richmond Hill there is a small grove of 

 trees produced by planting nuts from Southern Indiana. Some of 

 these trees are fifty years old and are about thirty-five feet tall. 

 They appear to be quite healthy but do not bear ripened nuts except 

 in the most favorable seasons. There are also a few thrifty bearing 

 trees near Simcoe which were grown from nuts obtained from Southern 

 Missouri and at Niagara on the Lake there is a small plantation of 

 seedling and grafted trees. An interesting example of the ability of 

 a tree to thrive far from its native haunt is seen in a pecan tree grow- 

 ing on the grounds of Mr. Richard Martin of Hamilton. This tree 

 grew from a nut obtained from a tree in San Antonio, Texas in the 

 autumn of 1914. It is now i- inches in diameter, 18 feet tall and 

 appears to be perfectly hardy. All of the pecan trees in Ontario 

 ajopear to be quite hardy and the grafted trees particularly are making 

 a good growth. 



This fine nut tree requires a longer growing season and more 

 heat units to mature a crop than are generally found in Ontario and, 

 therefore, it cannot be recommended for planting except where it is 

 desirable to grow a rare ornamental tree which might occasionally 

 produce ripened nuts. 



THE CHESTNUT GROUP (Castanen sp.) 



The American Szeeet Chestnut (Castanea dentata). 

 This fine native tree is found in that part of Ontario extending 

 from Toronto westward to Sarnia and southward to Lake Erie. It 

 has also been planted at several points outsid'e of its natural range 

 and appears to be doing well. Good specimens of these trees have 

 been observed or reported as growing nicely at Ottawa, Newcastle, 

 Goderich, Port Elgin and Midland. 



Under favorable conditions of soil and climate it grows to a large 

 size, sometimes attaining a height of ninety feet and a diameter of 

 six feet. When grown in a dense stand it develops into a tall straight 

 tree, but in the open it forms several heavy branches and makes a 

 broad round topped head. 



It has been said that Canada and the United States have more in 



