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very few propagated by grafting, which is probably the 

 most practical means known of multiplying them, and 

 at the same time preserving their varietal characteristics. 

 Choice and extra fine ones are constantly being discov- 

 ered and brought to notice, and doubtless many more 

 will follow as the old fields and 

 forests of the South and West are 

 explored ; besides, there are many 

 ; thousands of seedling trees now 

 under cultivation, and from these 

 we may expect some marked vari- 

 FiG. M. ations from the original or wild pig. 65. lit- 

 sMALLovAL. fQj.jjjg j^ B^Uetin 105, of the ^^"^ "°='^^ 



North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station for 

 1894, and in Eeport of Assistant Pomologisfc of U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture for same year, we find the 

 following-named varieties of pecans : 



Alba. — Size below medium, cylindrical, with 

 pointed apex ; cracking qualities good ; shell of medium 

 thickness ; corky shell lining thick, adhering to the ker- 

 nel ; kernel plump, light colored ; quality good. 



BiLOXi (W. E. Stuart, Ocean Springs, Miss.).— Me- 

 dium size, cylindrical, pointed at each end; surface 

 quite regular, light brown ; shell thin ; cracking quali- 

 ties medium ; kernel plump, with yellowish-brown sur- 

 face ; free from astringency, of good quality, and keeps 

 well without becoming rancid. Introduced several years 

 ago by W. E. Stuart as Mexican Paper Shell, but the 

 name has since been changed to Biloxi. 



Columbian (W. E. Stuart, Ocean Springs, Miss.). 

 — Large, cylindrical, somewhat compressed at the mid- 

 dle, rounding at the base ; pointed and somewhat four- 

 sided at the crown ; shell rather heavy ; cracking qual- 

 ities medium ; quality good. In size and form this nut 

 closely resembles Mammoth, which was introduced in 

 1890 by Eichard Frotscher, of New Orleans, La. 



