A TREATISE ON NUT CULTURE. .in 



The Pecan tree is a native of the South, but hardy varieties will thrive 

 farther North. They thrive on almost any kind of soil. All that is necessary 

 to insure success in Pecan culture in any section of the country is to plant nuts 

 or trees of the best early bearing and prolific varieties that are adapted to the 

 locality where planted. Some kinds, such as the lowland bottoms species, are 

 not suited to many parts of the country as well as some very slow-growing and 

 scrubby varieties. Some of the best and largest yielding prolific and early 

 bearing varieties are adapted to all parts of the United States. Seed nuts for 

 planting, of the fine, high grade, selected and improved varieties, are sold at $3 

 $4 per pound; trees of the best varieties are sold rather high by nurserymen, 

 usually seventy-five cents to $i each.- It pays to get the best. The best and 

 cheapest way to put out an orchard or grove is to grow the trees from nuts. A 

 few pounds of nuts will grow trees enough to supply a whole neighborhood. 

 Growing the trees for sale is also a most profitable business, owing to their great 

 and constantly increasing demand. 



PECANS IN TENNESSEE. 

 By George AIcReill, Henry county, Tennessee, in Southern Florist and Gardener. 



We live on a place in Henry county, Tennessee, called the " Old Palmer 

 Homestead." In 1861 my father-in-law, the late E. M. Palmer, received some 

 Pecan nuts from a son in Texas. They were so large and fine he was induced 

 to plant a few, from which only one tree "grew and bore its first crop in 1872. 

 The nuts from this tree were fully equal to the original. The^ree has produced 

 a good crop every year since, except in 1894. Last year, 1895, the crop from 

 this one tree weighed one hundred and sixty-five pounds, which sold readily to 

 grocers for ten cents per pound. The 1893 crop was the largest ever gathered, 

 weighing three hundred and forty-two and one-half pounds, which includes 

 only the nuts sold. Some were kept for home use and we gave a good many to 

 friends. The tree was a beautiful sight in 1893, many limbs being bent to the 

 ground. Trunk of tree now measures two feet and four inches in diameter. 



PECANS. 

 E. T. K., Morriston, Miss. 



I have some old fields that I have quit cultivating and think of planting in 

 Pecans. The land has been in cultivation for many years, most of it poor ; the 

 best of it would make about ten bushels of corn per acre; soil rather sandy. 

 When is the best time to plant and how deep should the nuts be planted ? 

 How many will it take to plant twenty acres ? Is it best to plant the nuts or 

 procure young trees fronj a nursery ? 



