HICKOKY NUTS. 



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FIG. 56. STUART. 



FIG. 57. 

 VAN DEMAN. 



JEWETT. From Mississippi; a large, long nut, 

 rather irregular ; shell medium ; quality very good. 



STUART. A large, roundish, oblong nut from Mis- 

 sissippi (Fig. 56). 



TURKEY EGG. A 

 .variety from Florida; 

 large and thin-shelled. 

 VAN DEMAN. A 

 large variety from Mis- 

 sissippi, of oblong form 

 and thin shell (Fig. 57). 

 From other sources 

 we collect other names, 

 namely : 



IDLEWILD. An oval 

 shaped nut from Idle- 

 wild, Texas. Report of 

 ^ Sf Department of 

 Agriculture, 1890. 



RISIEN. A very broad, thick variety, about one 



inch in diameter, very blunt at both ends. From San 



Saba, Texas (Fig. 58). 



A peculiar shaped 

 pecan nut is shown in 

 Fig. 59, from Louisiana, 

 sent under the name of 

 Lady Finger. 



From the report of 

 the Georgia State Horti- 

 cultural Society, 1893, we 

 obtain certain local names 

 without description, as, 

 FIG. 58. RISIEN. for instance, Turkey Egg, 



Mexican, Colorado, Pride LADY 

 of the Coast, etc. Col. W. R. Stuart, of Ocean Springs, 

 Miss., who has been called the "father of pecan culture" 



