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Figure 38.— Typical Large Pecan Near Hohen Solms, La., West Bank of the 

 Mississippi river. 36 Miles South of Baton Rouge, La. (Courtesy of c. A. 

 reed. Bureau of plant Industry.) 



National Pecan Growers' Association designated as the largest pecan 

 in the United States. At the time it had a circumference of 21 

 feet. (Compare with Jumbo, a pecan in San Saba, Tex., p. 94.) 



MARYLAND 



An ailanthus near Carmichael has a circumference at breast height 

 of 16 feet 1 inch, according to measurements of the State department 

 of forestry reported June 1, 1928. 



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