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nuts have little pornological value, as grown on the original tree some years, the 

 kernel being shriveled and not filling more than one-third of the space within the 

 shell, yet nuts from the crop of 1893 have been received at the Division of Pomology 

 which -were well filled with a kernel of very pleasant flavor. Possibly it may become 

 more uniform in maturing fruit in Mississippi or Texas, where the season is longer 

 than in Indiana. It is well worth a trial by experimenters in those States. Sargent 1 

 gives a short description of this nut under the name Floyd, and accredits the points 

 of his description to A. S. Fuller in New York Tribune, weekly edition, July 9, 1892, 

 and says it is perhaps a hybrid. 



MAMMOTH (pi. 9, fig. 10). From Eichard Frotscher, New Orleans, La. One of 

 the largest pecans; oblong in form; shell thick; quality good. 



PEARL (pi. 9, fig. 1). Eeceived from T. V. Munson, Denison, Tex., who had 

 received it from E. E. Bisien, of San Saba, Tex. This is one of the smaller nuts, but 

 is especially commendable for its thin shell, sweet kernel, compact partition walls, 

 and the absence of the acrid inside corky growth often found in the wild nut. In 

 the last respect it is the best nut received at this office. Its small size (If inches 

 long by five-eighths to three-fourths of an inch broad, and requiring 100 to weigh a 

 pound) will limit its planting to amateur collections, as it is too small to find favor in 

 the general market. 



POST (pi. 8, fig. 12). From Herbert Post, Forth Worth, Tex. An oblong, square- 

 ended nut, with moderately thin shell; inner corky growth quite abundant; kernel 

 plump, oily, and of very good quality. Herbert Post explains that "the Post select 

 pecans are grown by a man by the name of Post, in the southwestern part of the 

 State. How many trees of that variety I don't know. The particular tree from 

 which those came I sent your Department is in a cotton field, and receives cultiva- 

 tion along with the cotton every year." 



KISIEN (pi. 8, fig. 14). From E. E. Eisien, San Saba, Tex. A very large nut of 

 good quality. 



SAN SABA. From E. E. Eisien, San Saba, Tex. Size medium; form cylindrical, 

 compressed near apex: base roundish, slightly conical; apex obtuse-conical, com- 

 pressed on two sides; weight about one-fifth ounce; surface quite regular; color 

 light yellowish, striped and spattered with purple from the hull; shell moderately 

 thin, quite firm; cracking qualities very good; kernel very plump, light yellow, with 

 yellowish-white meat; flavor sweet, rich, pleasant; quality very good. The original 

 tree stands near the junction of the San Saba and Colorado rivers, and has been 

 under observation for many years. It is reported to bear animal crops. Mr. Eisien 

 has propagated the variety by top working large, wild pecan trees, and by root graft- 

 ing small seedlings. 



STUART (pi. 9, fig. 11; also pi. 1). From the late W. E. Stuart, Ocean Springs, 

 Miss. One of the largest pecans; 35 nuts to the pound; ovoid in form; shell very 

 thin, with considerable red corky growth in partition walls; kernel plump; quality 

 good. 



VAN DEMAN (pi. 9, fig. 9). From the late W. E. Stuart, Ocean Springs, Miss. 

 A large nut; 45 weigh a pound; oblong in form; shell quite thin; considerable red 

 inner growth; kernel not as plump as Stuart; flavor excellent. 



Besides the varieties described above, a number of others have been named and 

 propagated by the following parties: Louis Biediger, Idlewild, Tex., Biediger, Briden, 

 Giant, and Graff. T. V. Muuson, Denison, Tex., is propagating the Gonzales, a pecan 

 from Gonzales County, Tex. Arthur Brown, of Bagdad, Fla., is growing varieties of 

 his own naming, as follows: Alba, Turkey Egg, Georgia Melon, Black Jack, Eibera, 

 Favorita, Longfellow, Eepton, Helen Harcourt, and Petite. Ladd Bros., of Stone- 

 ,waff, Miss., report Mexican Papershell, Excelsior, Valsies, and Texas Egg. 



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