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the circumference in inches, three feet from the ground, of the tree at 

 the end of the year indicated. The second column gives the weight 

 of nuts in pounds produced each year. No measurement was made 

 of the tree until December, 1894. 



Circumference. Nuts in Pounds. 



1894 8% inches 



1895 .' 12^4 inches 



1896 14^ inches 1 nut 



1897 20 inches 7 lbs. 



1898 25 inches 10% lbs. 



1899 2914 inches 13y 2 lbs. 



1900 33k inches 27 lbs. 



1901 3714 inches 16 lbs. 



1902 40% inches 45 lbs. 



1903 44 inches 80 lbs. 



1904 46% inches 121 lbs. 



1905 50 inches 131 lbs. 



1906 53 inches 96 lbs. 



1907 56 inches 30 lbs. 



1908 591/2 inches 169 lbs. 



Since it began bearing, this tree has been severely cut for budding 

 wood; and hence its bearing has to some extent been retarded. The 

 greater part of the nuts were sold to Mr. E. Thomas, of Thomasville, 

 at 50 cents a pound, who retailed them at 75 cents per pound. 



Mr. H. K. Miller, of Monticello, Florida, gives the following brief 

 but interesting account of his experience as to the precocity of 

 varieties of pecans: "The Schley tree in question bore one nut its 

 fourth season, 60 the fifth, and five pounds the sixth season. When 

 I last saw the tree, in June of the present year, it was well set with 

 nuts, and I estimate ten or fifteen pounds for this its seventh season. 

 One hundred and forty pounds were gathered from the original 

 Sweetmeat tree last season (1908), its fifteenth year from seed. We 

 had four grafted trees of Moore variety in Monticello and they each 

 had 50 pounds to 70 pounds last season. They had been planted 

 eight years. One six-year Delmas had eight pounds last season and 

 will have fifteen pounds this year. Seventy-five per cent of our 

 seven-year trees, consisting of Schley, Delmas, Teche, Frotscher, Van 

 Deman, Dewey, Curtis, Success and Bolton, are in fruit this year, 

 although they have been cut heavily for bud wood." 



The foregoing should give a pretty good idea of what may be 

 expected from grafted and budded trees. 



AGE OF BEARING. 



Experience with pecan trees shows that budded and grafted trees 

 of first-class named varieties can be counted on to begin bearing 

 in about the same time as apple trees. Some varieties of apple trees, 

 like Missouri and Ben Davis, will come into bearing in five or six 

 years, while others, like Golden Busset and Boyal Limbertwig, will 



