212 FLORIDA FRUITS OLIVES AND PECANS. 



TURKEY EGG. 



Very large, long; mottled marks and black stripes, 

 very distinct when first gathered ; sweet, tender, and deli- 

 cious in flavor. 



GEORGIA MELON. 



Very large ; rather round at one end, flat at the other ; 

 dark stripes over the entire nut like the famous Georgia 

 watermelon, hence the name given it ; meat of first quality 

 in every respect. From one tree of this variety Mr. Brown 

 gathered at one gathering (December) one hundred and 

 thirty pounds of nuts. 



REPTON. 



Large; shell rather whitish, one end round, the other 

 decidedly pointed ; black points ; meat sweet and tender ; 

 tree remarkably beautiful. From one Repton tree, said 

 to be forty years old, over five hundred pounds of nuts 

 were gathered this past season. 



TEXAS. 

 Quite large, some very long ; white hull ; black points. 



RIBERA. 



Large ; few black marks, and pointed at both ends ; 

 meat very fine. 



PETITE. 



Small and plump ; white hull ; very desirable. 



In addition to these the Blackwater pecan orchard con- 

 tains several varieties, large and excellent, but not yet 

 named. 



When we consider that this orchard was abandoned for 

 twenty years, left to take care of itself, and at the mercy 

 of hundreds of negroes and irresponsible whites, who 



