THE PECAN. 



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climate of the South Atlantic states are not adapted to the 

 drier climate and more elevated lands of Texas. 



Were I planting a pecan grove in this state, if I could 

 not get native budded trees that were every way satisfactory, 

 I would either set common seedlings, treating them as 

 shown hereafter, or plant the nuts where they were to stand, 

 and bud them the third year or later, from the best Texas 

 bearing trees. Common trees, from one to four years old, 

 or even older, can be used. A German newcomer, some 

 years ago, planted near here pecan trees about six inches 

 in diameter, to the amusement of the old-timers, and every 

 one grew. He dug them with short side roots and cut the 

 deep ones about a foot below 

 the surface and planted them 

 deep, ramming just like a fence 

 post after watering well. All 

 transplanted trees should be 

 cultivated thoroughly for four 

 or five years and fertilized, un- 

 less the soil is rich. The latter 

 is especially necessary where 

 young trees or nuts are planted 

 in peach or other orchards that 

 are in mowed sod. I will now 

 give the proper method and 

 best form of tree to be used. 



The accompanying illustra- 

 tion shows two pecan trees ex- 

 hibited by me at the recent 

 convention of the National Nut 

 Growers' Association, in Dal- 

 las, Texas. The tree on the left 

 was planted with about two 

 feet of the taproot, in a hole 

 deep enough to receive it in its natural position. The 

 hole was then filled with pulverized surface soil and well 

 rammed. The smaller tree on the right was root-pruned to 

 four inches and planted in a dibble-hole about eight inches 



