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large solid-block i)laiitings of any one variety. A greater or less mix- 

 ing of varieties will, I feel snre, resnlt in more prolific crops of nnts. 

 A practical way would be to plant the different varieties in alternat- 

 ing strips of two rows to a variety. This would give full advantage 

 of all that could be gained from cross-fertilization and would avoid 



Fig. 13. The circles show the position of tlie pistillate flowers of the pecan. 

 Lower down on the branches can be seen the staminate flowers. 



mixing the nuts at gathering time, for the crop of the two rows of the 

 same variety could be harvested on the middle space between. 



IS THERE DANGER OF AN OVERPRODUCTION OF PECANS? 



In noting the extending area of pecan planting and the large and 

 numerous orchards being set, the question naturally arises, is there 

 danger of the pecan business being overdone and of there being a 

 serious glut of the nut market in the future ? Pecan plantings have 

 been so heavy in the last few years that nurserymen have not been 

 able to keep u]) with the demand for trees. Last fall the supply of 



