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486 YEARBOOK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Miss., nursery, about 1901, and, having been named in honor of its 

 owner, was introduced by him in 1902. Nuts of it were examined 

 and passed upon by the committee of nomenclature and standards 

 of the National Nut Growers' Association at Scranton, Miss., in 

 November, 1906, at which time it received a grade of 86.06 out of a 

 possible 100. 



The original tree of the Taylor is now about 60 feet tall, a with a 

 spread of 45 to 50 feet, and a trunk diameter of about 18 inches. The 

 bark of the trunk and larger branches is scaly, loosening in long 

 strips. The tree is pyramidal in form, with slender wood of rather 

 light color, with slender buds, and long, narrow dots. The leaves 

 are long, with 11 to 13 thin and tapering leaflets. The fruit spurs 

 are quite evenly distributed throughout the tree, and bear from 3 to 

 5 nuts each. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Form long, rather slender, constricted near middle, slightly curved, 

 with pointed base and long, sharp apex; color bright yellowish 

 brown, Avith few and narrow black markings irregularly placed ; size 

 rather large, 60 to 65 per pound ; shell thin, with thin and soft parti- 

 tions, cracking very easily; kernel long, slender, rather deeply 

 grooved, but plump, smooth, and releasing the shell easily; color 

 bright yellowish; texture very fine grained and crisp; flavor sweet, 

 nutty, free from astringence; quality very good. 



Though not yet fruited, so far as known, outside of the locality 

 of its origin in southern Mississippi, its numerous desirable qualities 

 indicate that it is worthy of testing where other Gulf coast varieties 

 succeed. 



The specimens illustrated on Plate XLIX were grown on the 

 original tree at Handsboro, Miss. 



KENNEDY PECAN. 



The Kennedy pecan originated as a seedling grown by Dr. J. B. 

 Curtis, Orange Heights, Fla., in 1886, from nuts of Turkey Egg 

 obtained by him from the late Arthur Brown, of Bagdad, Fla. It 

 was one of the same lot of seedlings as the Curtis, 6 and has had much 

 the same history as that variety. It began bearing about 1893, and 

 was first propagated by Doctor Curtis, who top-grafted 6 trees with 

 it about 1898 or 1899, which averaged 50 pounds of nuts per tree 

 in 1908. Doctor Curtis named it Kennedy, in 1900, under which 

 name it was described by Hume in that year. 6 



Tree description furnished by Mr. C. A. Reed, special agent. 

 6 For history, description, and illustration of Curtis, see Yearbook, 1906, p. 

 SOS, Plate XXXII. 



c Florida Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 54, August, 1900. 



