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more than their money, for it is not an easy matter to com- 

 pute the value of twelve to fifteen years of care and attention 

 thrown away. These trees may not only bear inferior nuts, 

 but may be common bitternut trees from the woods. A num- 

 ber of these persons have been reported from various parts of 

 the State, during- the last season, as they have been scouring 

 the swamps and open woods, selecting not only the young- 

 pecans, but the pig-nuts and other hickories as well, and have 

 sold these to unsuspecting purchasers, who desire to obtain a 

 few good pecan trees. One of these rascals was recently driven 

 -out of Madison parish, where he secured seedling pecans and 

 rpignuts, and sent them out as the wonderful American Pride 

 'pecan. Hence, if good and desirable varieties are wanted, 

 one should deal direct with a responsible firm, a nuseryman 

 of known reputation. Good business principles demand this 

 way of getting the best trees, as everyone knows that the 

 traveling pecan peddler is absolutely free from responsibility 

 -of any kind, and will get the price of a good pecan tree, 

 deliver a tree, and is never heard of again. Pignuts, bitter- 

 nuts, and even fig trees, have been delivered to the purchaser 

 for high-priced pecans. 



Thanks are due to Mr. B. M. Young, St. Man's parish; 

 Mr. William Nelson, Jefferson parish, and Mr. S. H. James, 

 Madison parish, for valuable information and practical sug- 

 gestions concerning the cultivation of pecans in Louisiana. 



PECAN INSECTS. 



The pecan has been only recently brought under cultiva- 

 tion, and therefore new pests may spring up from time to 

 time under cultural environments. The species g-iven below 

 have appeared in many groves of the State and their habits 

 studied together with remedies for their destruction. 



For the sake of convenience the insects affecting pecan 

 trees may be divided as follows: 



(a) Those affecting- the leaves. 



(b) Those affecting the trunk and branches. 



(c) Those affecting the nuts. 



