

YEARBOOK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



filled, with shallow grooves; texture of meat firm, fine grained, solid, 

 creamy in color; flavor delicate, rich; quality very good. 



The specimens illustrated on Plate XXXII were grown by Mr. J. B. 



Wight, Cairo, Ga. 



The tree is of more slender and upright habit of growth than 

 Frotscher, and is reported to be fully as productive as that variety 

 in Georgia and Florida. It is worthy of trial wherever that variety 



succeeds. 



CURTIS PECAN. 



(SYNONYM: Curtis No. 2.} 



The original tree of this variety was grown by Dr. J. B. Curtis, of 

 Orange Heights, Fla., from a nut of the "Turkey Egg" pecan obtained 

 from Arthur Brown, of Bagdad, Fla., in 1886. It bore about.a dozen 

 nuts in 1893, and has borne a crop each year since then, except in 

 1902, when heavy rains at blooming time prevented fertilization of the 

 blossoms. It was first propagated by Doctor Curtis in 1896, and was 

 disseminated by him somewhat later. The original tree, though 

 heavily cut for scions, yielded 80 pounds of nuts in 1905. a The vari- 

 ety appears to have been first described and illustrated by Hume b in 

 1900. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Size medium, 60 to 70 nuts per pound; form ovate conical, com- 

 pressed, with a sharp pointed base and an inclination to curve near 

 apex; color bright, with very few black stripes, but sparsely stippled 

 with black over most of the surface; shell very thin and brittle; par- 

 titions thin; cracking quality good kernel very plump and thick, free 

 from indentation other than the narrow grooves, which are of medium 

 depth; color bright, except certain brownish stippling that percepti- 

 bly darkens the tint in some specimens; texture firm, crisp; flavor 

 sweet and rich; quality very good. 



The specimens illustrated on Plate XXXII were grown by Dr. J. B. 

 Curtis, at Orange Heights, Fla. 



The tree is reported to be slender and rather pendulous in habit 

 of growth and regularly productive. The variety is of special prom- 

 ise for Florida growers, as it is one of the few sorts that have origi- 

 nated and been thoroughly tested in that State. It is reported to lie 

 rather hard to propagate, the wood being slender and the buds not 

 numerous. Doctor Curtis reports it free from attack by the bud worm 

 where such sorts as Rome and Centennial are badly damaged by it. 



Dr. J. B. Curtis in the Nut Grower, June, 1906, pp. 200-201, and letter of February 

 11, 1907. 



b Florida Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 54, August, 1900, pp. 203-209. 



