PECAN 



1255 



rods. The nuts should not be left on the ground long 

 enough to become wet or discolored by storms, as both 

 appearance and quality are injured thereby. Most Pe- 

 cans of medium size, and below, are now polished by 



to the pound, the retail price is rarely below 50 cents per 

 II). in the large cities, while for seed, such nuts, if of 

 well-authenticated varieties, usually bring from $1 to 

 $2.50 per lb. 



Probably at least 95 per cent of the market supply is 

 still from wild trees and, as the crop varies greatly in 

 quantity from year to year, the wholesale price is sub- 

 ject to wide variation; 3 to 5 cents per lb. for ordinary 

 wild Pecans is about the average price paid by buye: 



In recent full crop years, considerable 

 been held over m refrigerated storage, 

 have been realized in some instances i 

 Large quantities of the medium siz 

 special establishments in different citi 

 Antonii 



•fits 



York, and marketed in 



cardboard cartons 



in the form of meats 



read} for the domestic or 



commercial confectioner 



Such meats usually re 



tail at 50 to 60 cents per 



lb and at a somewhat 



lower price their con 



sumption will undoubt 



edlj be largely increased 



Insect Enemie •! — 



Among the movt trouble 



enemies of the Pe 



re certain leaf eat 



aterplllar^ mtlud 



fall wibworm 



friction in revolving barrels before being placed with 

 retail dealers. This process cleans and brightens the 

 's, and renders them more attractive in appearance 

 Unfortunately, it has the same effect on stale nuts as 

 on fresh ones, and makes possible the working off of 

 old stock for new. Dealers have been quick to take 

 advantage of this and frequently mix old polished nuts 

 with new at the beginning of the season. It is therefore 

 not advisable to polish or otherwise manipulate high 

 grade fresh Pecans at the present time. The demand 

 for large, thin-shelled nlits for seed has consumed so 

 large a proportion of the product up to the present time 

 that market prices on large nuts for table use are hard 

 to ftx. For fresh nuts, running approximately 50 or less 



lilt I untea 

 hickory borer [Cyllene 

 pic/MS,Drury ) and allied 

 species, sometimes work 

 havoc by tunneling the 

 biura lajer and inner 

 bark but their attacks 

 are believed to be con 

 fined to old or feeble 

 trees The hickory 

 bark boiei (Siohitus, 4 

 works upon trees that have lost 

 !.h ad\ anced age or other cause The 

 t 1 these IS the prompt removal and 

 I 1 trees as soon as disco\ ered 

 t serious insect enem) to the com 

 « 1 is th 111 kor\ shuck worm 

 lull ill 1 1 \ 1 of whah pene 

 X I I iiremature drop 



troublesome on 

 111 I 1 //- lacinwsa) and 



HI I |i |i ii'l t destruction of 



\ Inauiug has been discovered 

 1 —I nder the stmnUus of the high prices 

 utb o£ good reputation m . . 



