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GEORGIA PECAN. 

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(SYNONYM: Georgia Giant.} 



The original tree of this variety is one of a large number of seedlings 

 grown in nursery row by Mr. G. M. Bacon, a of Dewitt, Ga., from nuts 

 of unknown parentage in 1885. Enough of these seedlings for a 30- 

 acre orchard when planted 30 feet apart were transplanted to their 

 present locations the following year. In 1891 this tree, which was the 

 first in the orchard to bear, yielded 32 nuts, which are said to have 

 weighed 1 pound. The following year its crop was 1\ pounds, increas- 

 ing annually until 1902, when it yielded 4 bushels of nuts. Its bud 

 propagation, begun in that year, has resulted in such heavy cutting of 

 the young wood that the crops since then have been comparatively 

 light. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Size large to very large, averaging 40 to 50 nuts per pound; form 

 round ovate, with a tendency toward inequality of sides ; color rather 

 dull and dark grayish brown, sparsely striped with black; shell rather 

 thick, with moderately thick and soft partitions, yet cracking well; 

 kernel broad, plump, rather bright and very attractive; texture 

 rather soft and inclined to be coarse, though of pleasant flavor and 

 excellent quality. 



The specimens illustrated on Plate XXXII were grown by the G. M. 

 Bacon Pecan Company, at Dewitt, Ga. 



The tree is a sturdy, strong grower, precocious and productive, and 

 worthy of thorough test throughout Georgia and adjacent States. 



DELMAS PECAN. 



The original Delmas pecan tree was grown from a nut planted by 

 Mr. A. G. Delmas at his place at Scranton, Miss., about 1877. It 

 began bearing in 1884, and has been known under the name Delmas 

 since the following year. It was propagated in a limited way by Mr. 

 Delmas about 1890 by grafting both in nursery and orchard. Its gen- 

 eral dissemination, however, appears to have occurred in connection 

 with the "Schley" about 1902, mixed scions of the two varieties 

 received from Mr. Delmas having been grafted in the Pierson nursery, 

 at Monticello, Fla., and disseminated under the name Schley before 

 the admixture was discovered. The wood of the Delmas is so much 

 stouter and more erect than that of the Schley variety that little diffi- 

 culty is experienced in separating them even in the nursery row. 



The original Delmas tree was blown down by the September storm 

 of 1906 before the crop was ripe, but was severely headed back soon 

 thereafter and righted, so that it is hoped it will survive. 



. Letter from H. C. White, Dewitt, Ga., January, 1907. 



