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506 YEARBOOK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The Hollis tree is a strong, rather upright grower, with stout, light- 

 gray wood, showing large yellowish dots. The crop is said to run 

 very uniform in size, and the nuts fill well. It is recommended for 

 testing throughout eastern and central Texas and northward toward 

 the limits of the range of the pecan. 



The nuts illustrated on Plate LXV were grown at Bend, Tex., by 

 the present owner of the original tree. 



MONEYMAKER. 



The original tree of the Moneymaker variety is one of a large num- 

 ber of seedlings in the orchard grown by Mr. S. H. James, Mound, 

 La., from nuts planted by him about 1885. The nuts planted were 

 purchased in New Orleans by Mr. James, and are supposed to have 

 grown somewhere west of that city, between New Orleans and the 

 Texas boundary. The seedlings from this lot of seed are quite distinct 

 in habit of growth, color of bark, and foliage from the pecans of the 

 Mississippi Valley, resembling more closely the characteristic Texas 

 form of the species. The original Moneymaker tree began bearing at 

 an early age, and has continued to increase its yield almost without 

 interruption in a very satisfactory way. When examined by the writer 

 in October, 1902, it was a beautiful, spreading tree, and had just yielded 

 a crop of about 130 pounds of nuts. Mr. James began the propagation 

 of the variety by budding and grafting in 1898, having catalogued it 

 under the name "Moneymaker" about 1896. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Size medium, averaging 50 to 60 nuts per pound; form roundish 

 oblong to roundish conical, rounded at base, usually with rather blunt 

 apex; color bright brownish yellow with few purple splashes; shell 

 rather thick, with thin partitions, cracking well; kernel roundish 

 oblong, plump, bright, and rather broadly grooved, releasing the shell 

 easily; texture moderately firm and compact, rather dry; flavor sweet; 

 quality good to very good. The crop runs very uniform in size and 

 the nuts fill well. 



The tree is a strong, spreading grower, with large pale-green foliage, 

 young wood pale green covered with light bloom, and with large dots. 

 The hulls are nearly round and very bright in color, giving the fruit- 

 ing tree an aspect quite like the Persian walnut (Juglans regia). 



The thrift and productiveness of this variety in the latitude of Vicks- 

 burg, Miss., where it originated, render it promising for test in the 

 more northern pecan districts, where hardiness is likely to be an 

 important point. 



The specimens illustrated on Plate LXV were grown at Mound, La. 



