318 YEARBOOK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



young seedlings then growing in his nursery. Of these about 75 

 lived, thus preserving a good stock of the variety. Close watch has 

 been kept of the trees in the seedling orchard in the hope that the 

 original tree of the Sovereign could be located when it came into 

 bearing, but without success. In the autumn of 1907 Mr. Risien re- 

 luctantly concluded that it must have been one of several that had 

 been washed out bodily in some of the freshets which are experienced 

 frequently in that section. The importance of prompt propagation 

 of valuable seedlings in order to insure their perpetuation in the 

 event of the loss of the original tree is emphasized by this experience. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Size large, averaging 50 to 55 nuts per pound; form oblong to 

 oblong obovatej compressed, with a full and smooth base and a blunt 

 and usually symmetrical apex; surface quite lumpy, conforming to 

 the undulations of the kernel; color bright, yellowish, with long, 

 narrow, striped markings, ranging from bright red to reddish brown 

 in color ; shell thin to medium for so large a nut, not a distinct paper 

 shell, like San Saba, Russell, Young, and a few others, but brittle 

 and cracking easily; kernel plump, rather narrowly and deeply 

 grooved, and considerably convoluted, not releasing the shell as easily 

 as some ; kernel color bright and clear ; texture very fine grained and 

 firm; flavor sweet, rich, nutty, quality very good. The specimens 

 illustrated on Plate XXXVI, figure 3, were grown by Mr. E. E. 

 Risien, Rescue, Tex. 



The tree is a moderately strong grower, more vigorous than its 

 parent San Saba, but of the same general character. The variety is 

 considered especially worthy of testing in the more western and arid 

 pecan districts. It has been experimentally planted throughout the 

 South, but not for a sufficient length of time to determine its adapta- 

 bility to the more humid eastern sections. 



KINCAID PECAN. 



This variety was brought to light by Mr. E. E. Risien, then of 

 San Saba, Tex., through the offering of a premium for the best 

 variety of pecans brought to him during each season. The tree 

 proved to be a sprout from a stump on land in Wallace Creek bottom 

 in San Saba County, Tex., owned by the late James Henderson and 

 occupied at the time by a Mr. Kincaid, who rented the place. The 

 tree is reported to have since been killed by fire built against it by 

 campers. 



The variety was first propagated about 1900 by Mr. Risien and was 

 disseminated by him under that name in the same year." 



The tree is reported by Mr. Risien to be a vigorous though rather 



Letters of E. E. Risien, Rescue, Tex., March, 1908. 



