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DESCRIPTION. 



Size large, averaging about 45 to 50 nuts per pound; form cylindri- 

 cal oval with broad, rounded base and blunt quadrangular apex; suture 

 rather indistinct; color bright yellowish brown, with scattered pur- 

 plish black splashes toward apex; shell thin to very thin, with thin 

 partitions; cracking quality excellent; kernel brownish yellow, often 

 shrunken, showing dark veins even in the fresh nuts; texture rather 

 dry and coarse; flavor pleasant; quality medium. 



The tree of Frotscher is a strong grower, of broadly spreading and 

 sprawling habit, the young wood bright brownish green in color and 

 conspicuously dotted. The variety is precocious and productive, but 

 the fault) T character of many of its kernels and their stale appearance, 

 even when perfectly fresh from the tree, materiall} r lessen its value 

 as a commercial variety. 



The tree characters of Frotscher are quite clearty reproduced in its 

 seedlings, and, as man) 7 of these have been planted throughout the 

 South, there is much confusion regarding the variety. 



The specimens illustrated on Plate LVI were grown by Mr. B. M. 

 Young, Morgan City, La. 



JEWETT PECAN. 



[PLATE LVI.] 



The original Jewett pecan tree was grown from a nut planted on what 

 is now known as the Wilcox place, 1 miles north of Scranton, Miss., 

 by the little son of Charles M. Cruzat, about 1881, it being the only one 

 obtained from a half dozen nuts purchased in New Orleans at a cost of 

 50 cents. Mr. Cruzat has no information regarding the source of the 

 nuts which he purchased, but remembers that they were large, fine- 

 looking pecans. The tree commenced bearing at the age of 7 years, 

 and attracted the attention of the late Col. W. R. Stuart, of Ocean 

 Springs, Miss., who purchased the crops for several years and cut 

 scions for grafting in nursery. He introduced the variety in the form 

 of grafted trees in 1893, naming it Jewett, in honor of Col. Stephen 

 Jewett, of Crosby, N. C. The original tree is still standing, and is 

 about 4 feet 7 inches in circumference, but is affected b} T a bark dis- 

 ease to which the variety appears specially susceptible, and is now 

 bearing but light crops of nuts. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Size large to very large, varying from 45 to 55 nuts per pound; 

 form long, angular, obovate, often constricted at middle, with a blunt 

 quadrangular apex, which is often curved and beaklike; suture quite 

 distinct; color dull reddish brown, with many purplish splashes, some- 

 times extending the full length of the nut; shell rather thick, with thin 



