386 YEARBOOK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



from nuts obtained on the Guadalupe River bottom. Of these about 

 12 survived and attained bearing age. The Daisy began bearing 

 about 1896 and is reported to have borne good crops regularly since. 

 Seedlings grown from the nuts of this tree appear to have been 

 distributed under the name Daisy for several years prior to its dis- 

 semination in 1900 by Otto Locke, of New Braunfels, Tex., in the 

 form of scions for grafting. It appears to have been grafted first 

 in 1900 a by Mr. J. F. Lyendecker, of Frelsburg, Tex. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Form long, cylindrical, compressed, with rounded base and blunt 

 apex; size medium to large, 55 to 75 nuts to the pound, varying con- 

 siderably in different seasons; surface rather lumpy; color reddish 

 brown with a few splashes of purplish black near apex and small 

 flecks of similar color generally over the surface; shell moderately 

 thin, cracking easily but clinging rather tightly to the kernel; kernel 

 bright yellow, plump, glossy, broadly grooved; texture rather brittle; 

 flavor sweet; quality very good. 



The tree is of vigorous, upright, spreading growth, with smooth, 

 stocky, greenish-brown young wood, with large buds and large dark- 

 green foliage. 



The productiveness of the original tree has not yet been very satis- 

 factorily determined, as it has been crowded by other trees in close 

 proximity, but the apparently vigorous growth of young grafted 

 trees and its entire freedom from pecan scab in the East thus far 

 renders it a promising sort. 



The specimens illustrated in Plate XXXVI were grown by Mr. 

 Otto Locke, New Braunfels, Tex. 



a Letter from Mr. Otto Locke, February 18, 1910. 



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