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This may be the tree that was referred to yesterday as being in 

 Shawneetown, 111. Mr. Luccadoo of southern Indiana, like Mr. Wil- 

 kinson a professional pecan thresher^ took the contract for gathering 

 a crop and in one tree he found nuts very superior to the others. It 

 was named in his honor. 



This is a young tree of the Major. I have no photograph of the 

 original tree. The Major is ai very high class little nut, but Mr. 

 Jones said once it was too small for his locality. 



And tliis is the parent tree of the Niblack, named in honor of Mr. 

 Mason J. Niblack who is shown in the foreground, who was with us 

 at the meeting at St. Louis, but has since passed away. 



This is the parent of the Norton pecan which is perhaps the most 

 northern variety yet brought to attention. It has been propagated 

 very little. Mr. Bixb}^ has it. It is from near Clarksville, Mo. The 

 Norton is a very choice nut but the tree itself is so inaccessible that 

 we know very little of its bearing record. Mr. Norton has a seedling 

 of the Norton which he regards as being superior to it, and we are 

 inclined to agree with him. 



This is a close up view of the Posey near Greyville, 111. The 

 Posey was regarded by Mr. Jones as being the most satisfactory of 

 any variety that he had under test at Lancaster. It was a little better 

 bearer and less subject to spring freezes. 



This is a typical southern A^iriety, the Schley, about eight years 

 old. This tree, however, was photographed last December in south- 

 eastern California. It has been planted a good deal in the Imperial 

 Valley on the Arizona border and over in Arizona in the last few years. 



We will spend a very few moments on the hickories. This is the 

 parent tree of the Dennis shagbark from Cedar Rapids, discovered 

 and named by the late Dr. Dennis of Cedar Rapids. A very excellent 

 variety, but none of the shagbarks have been propagated to any extent. 

 Mr. Jones, and also some years ago Mr. W. C. Reed said they have 

 been so slow in growing and hard to propagate that they felt, as 

 nursery men, they could not afford to propagate them. 



This is the Kentucky tree grown by INIr. Littlepage. INIr. Bixby 

 has it in bearing. 



