PECAN 



Wabash. It is also abundant throuauout eastern and 

 central Texas, extending southwardTinto Mexico, but 

 nowhere reaching the immediate coast of the Gulf. The 

 area of natural distribution, therefore, covers consider- 

 able portion.s of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, 



Kansas, 

 tucky, T. 

 Texas, i 

 have be I 

 this area 

 New Mr\ 

 tal plant, 

 northern 

 therefor. 

 Under 



Arkansa 



; of the 



I'ECAN 1253 



iliis irtc. It thrives on fertile uplands that are sufli- 

 .•iently mnist and rich, and even on light, sandy soils 

 when well fertilized, lait llii- <i.st ..1 ilf i^mli lll: 

 necessa^y onlightsoils i> |ii.ilialil\ im., , ., ■ :, i. 

 possible profit in the .ulinr. .il iln I- in 1. ,. 



I . i.ltural era of the Pei-un 

 ; a- now fairly entered ujiu 

 . r iMl.iiunsof soil within its n: 

 range, the Ini- attains majestic, d.ini. Itki |.ni|M,i 

 reaching a trunk diameter of 4 to t> It .. \v it li .i li' il 



100 to 175 ft. and a spread of top of i. :'< 1 1 . 



of the largest trees recordi-cl arc loninl m II! i 



Indiana in the valley of tli. Vi'.J.,, h in. i, n. a 

 northern limit of its natiiial li iia,iaai, II ~ 

 dency to attain great size u >l . aa i I ■ na 



gives rise to puzzling qn. I a r ana a. ] 



distance for planting in aa i, ai aii: i - a -ai 

 health, vigor and produiti\ a a a- a, 



approach maturity. It lia- i a ta 



speculation as to the possii iln ti 



propagating upon other spa i i i la i,,l 



the size of top and trunk, t.. i ■ lai-r il a ; i , , nai a 

 able and if possible increasr i t ~ | . r. , | m , i a a i a I [ . i a, 1 1 1 

 ness. Little careful and systaiiiat ia WMik lai-l.ain 

 on this line. Ii,.\vi-var, niasi ai il,a plant, .1 ..ra 



still consaliaa . . f ■.•. .llina 1 raa ■ , 



Cotiiin, , /. , /Vr«H.-The in 



ance of tia I ■- i a.inimerce seem 



to have I... a a. aaa ., . a a . .1 until after the 



war. As in tin- .-asa ..1 la. I ...la . a-niiirf., the 



which it met with from ila t "a Tnion 



doubtless did much to spiaa, ' i n inner 



cities, and to pave the wn i . i i .M.- rece 



when first shipped in laru. ininiir tli 



riod of 1870 to 1880. Sim-ati . a ... m .1. 



has been rapid and stoa.l' i . . a 



large, tbiu-slielled variaia a I 



prices than are obtained I'.-i .1 \ i.a.n a 



nut. Choice Pecans of lar a ... ..inlini 



ern cities at less than |a i 1 1 lual ami 

 quently rise to 75 cents tor 



Accurate statistical data ... . 11 ami 



of the crop are lacking. I a a. 

 the millions of pounds p. 



Texas having handled up" a 



son. A large and growiui.- .a a a., a 1 . . , a a . a: 



developed among confectia.uaa , ..;a .\.- \. \..tk . 



having prepared and marketed 1U(I,IH«) Ujs. of thes 



From the favor with which cxhibit.s of this nut i 

 American section at the Paris Exposition of 1990 

 raciivi-.l. it -ai-nis probable that a (■.nisjilaratil.- 1 

 Ira.ia aaii lia .li-veloped whenever tin -apply ..1 . 

 nuts (-\aaa.U [|i,' demand fordomesti. a.iii-iiiiij.ii. 



Clin,,,!,,- ,n„l Soil Requiremeut I am a- 



area of nutiirul distribution, covfiii. a ' . . 



than fifteen degrees of latitude, til. 

 pected to thrive in most of the raa' a . 

 culture of the common tree fruits ,.t • 



grown fl I lllilailia. riaa.a aa.i |..a ;. -. . .1 - 1 1 | -, . ■, , i 



injured. On a.vount of la.'k of prorlnctivcness and tlia 

 small size of nuts in the North, the area of probable 

 profitable planting east of the Rocky mountains is not 

 likely to extend north of the Potomac and Ohio rivers. 

 In portions of California and Onir .a a . ; • . i. re- 

 ported to make a strong and thrilix lare 

 is general complaint there of lack a a. ~s. 



Within the area in which the special - -t of 



the profitable trees at this time an on inoi.^i ,inii rela- 

 tively fertile soil. 



The moist, clayey and sandy loams of river bottoms 

 subject to occasional overflow, are peculiarly adapted to 



1694. Top-erafted Pecan. 



titers believed {as some still contend) that the 

 would come true to type and that efforts to 

 a valuable varieties by budding or grafting 

 leressary. As larger numbers of trees of 



ireiiiia. Ill' a ■ into bearing it has become 



:iat t' . . ..iiiong seedlings of this spe- 



?ry . la large proportion of the 



of .a a fail to equal the parent in 



pi... . ..I ,,-..f.o,. si7,. and quality of 



need by 

 crop of 

 ig. Mer- 

 it other 

 r varia- 

 le seed- 

 These 

 V th, but 

 nut, the 



le most 



largest crop yet bor 

 ing of less than Hv 

 productive has for 

 hundred and fifty p 

 The early attemp 

 methods of budding 



