LUTHER BURBANK 
value of the half dozen more popular orchard 
fruits. 
THE CULTIVATION OF THE PECAN 
In 1899 the pecan ranked third among nut-pro- 
ducing trees, both as regards number of trees 
under cultivation and actual product. The pecan 
trees in bearing at that time numbered 643,292, 
with a net product of 3,206,850 pounds. 
In the ten succeeding years the pecan industry 
came ahead very rapidly, and in 1910 the pecan 
was second to the almond as to number of trees in 
bearing, and second to the Persian walnut as to 
poundage and value of its crop. Moreover, the 
number of pecan trees under cultivation, but not 
yet of bearing age in 1910, was actually larger than 
the number of trees in bearing; showing a sur- 
prisingly rapid increase of the industry. 
The actual number of pecan trees in bearing 
in 1910 was 1,619,521, and the number of young 
trees under cultivation 1,685,066, making a total 
of 3,304,587, a number in excess of the combined: 
numbers of almond and Persian walnut trees 
under cultivation. 
The production of pecans in 1909 was 9,890,769 
pounds, with a value of $971,596. The total pro- 
duction of 1899 was only 3,206,850 pounds. Thus, 
as already noted, the production increased by 
more than three hundred per cent in ten years. 
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