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in the early spring and kills it. To get rid of the bud worm I sprayed the trees with 

 a solution of loudon purple and paris green. For the last three years I had the same 

 land planted in cotton, corn, and alfalfa, which have been quite a source of revenue 

 to me; but this fall I will have to plow out the alfalfa on account of detracting so 

 much moisture from the ground; it would eventually kill the trees no matter if you 

 were to dig 10 feet around them. I have lost some 300 or 400 trees that were planted 

 in the alfalfa, but not a single tree in corn or cotton." 



Louis Biediger, Idlewild, Tex. : " I have 500 trees, each grown from nuts planted of 

 the varieties 'Biediger,' 'Giant,' and 'Idlewild.' These were planted where the trees 

 were to stand, and they are not yet of bearing age." 



E. S. Peters, Calvert, Tex., has 500 cultivated trees. 



The estate of W. E. Stuart, of Ocean Springs, Miss., has 100 bearing trees in 

 cultivation and 500 trees from 1 to 8 years old, of which a part are choice grafted 

 varieties. 



H. S. Kedney, of Winter Park, Fla., has an orchard of 4,000 trees, covering 100 

 acres, near the town of Monticello. His varieties are of the class called "Mexican 

 papershell," a general term applied to several distinct varieties of nuts. They were 

 grafted in Texas to the order of Mr. Kedney. To secure the 4,000 trees, about double 

 that many seedlings were worked. They were all grafted at the age of 1 year in nursery 

 rows, when the seedlings were about 8 or 10 inches high. The stocks were cut off just 

 below the surface of the ground and split in the center; into these clefts the grafts 

 were set in January and were well waxed. When the grafts had completed one 

 year's growth the young trees were shipped from Texas to Florida, the grafts being 

 then about 6 or 7 inches in length. They made but little growth the first year after 

 transplanting. Mr. Kedney chose for his orchard the richest piece of land he could 

 find in the State a chocolate-colored hammock with red clay near the surface, and 

 well drained. He has cultivated them as the orange is cultivated in Florida. After 

 five years' growth (the orchard was set in February, 1887) these trees ranged from 6 to 

 20 feet in height. Mr. Kedney has experienced no particular trouble in maintaining 

 his trees in a fairly thrifty condition; the twig girdler has done some damage, but this 

 he endeavors to hold in check by gathering the fallen twigs in the winter and burning 

 them. 



Numerous other plantings of pecans have been made in Florida, mainly of seedling 

 trees. The groves range in area from a very few acres to some of over 200 acres. 

 Throughout all the Southern States there has been great interest for seyeral years in 

 planting this tree, and the aggregate of acres that promise to become permanently 

 productive is very large. Along the northern limit of native distribution the plantings 

 range from a few trees to a few acres each. An orchard of 150 trees, about 7 years 

 old, at Federalsburg, Md., shows thrifty growth. The trees were planted about 32 

 feet apart each way. The ground between the rows has been planted each year with 

 potatoes, beans, and tomatoes. The soil is the light, sandy loam of the Maryland 

 Peninsula, with a yellow-clay and sand subsoil. Several persons in Delaware are 

 growing a few trees, which are doing well, but have not reached bearing age. W. F. 

 Causey, of Milford, Del., has a fine tree in bearing; he says its annual product for 

 several years has been one or more bushels. In Illinois there have been planted 

 groves of from 15 to 25 acres. In Ohio a planted tree is reported at Lebanon 70 years 

 old, and bearing good crops. At Dansville, N. Y., D. W. Babcock reports 40 or 50 

 4-year-old trees making satisfactory growth. .Robert Manning, of Salem, Mass., has 

 a promising tree, grown from a nut sent him from Illinois. In contrast, he writes 

 that all seedlings from Texas nuts have winterkilled with him as fast as grown. At 

 Martinez, Cal., is an orchard of 600 pecan trees on the farm of the late .Richard J. 

 Strentzel. Many other persons in California report plantings of a few trees each. 



