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the plain people of Texas, so that they may plant them and 

 make Texas a land of trees/' In order to carry out more 

 fully this generous wish of Gov. Hogg's, his friends called a 

 meeting at Austin, May 29th and 30th, 1906, of all growers 

 of pecan and walnut trees in order to decide on the varieties 

 to plant at the grave. The result was the organization of the 

 Texas Nut Growers' Association. Those instrumental in call- 

 ing this meeting were E. W. Kirkpatrick of McKinney, F. M. 

 Eamsey of Austin, J. S. Kerr of Sherman, and C. Falkner 

 of Waco. It was due to the efforts of this body that the pecan 

 was adopted as the state tree of Texas. After five years, how- 

 ever, the aim of this association was found to be so similar to 

 that of the Texas Horticultural Society that it was merged 

 into that organization.^ 



In 1920 there was organized at Brownwood the Texas 

 Pecan Growers' Association, with J. W. White of Mason, as 

 president, J. H. Burkett of Clyde, as secretary, and Joe 

 Burkett of Eastland, as attorney. In August, 1921, it chart- 

 ered the Texas Pecan Growers' Exchange, and appointed C. 

 D. Jarrat as sales manager. 



During the period between 1900 and 1922 a great mass of 

 detailed study on the pecan was done, that had necessarily been 

 overlooked in the rapidly expanding industry of the preced- 

 ing decades. The investigations have been along the lines of 

 propagation, pollination, nomenclature, varietal and soil 

 adaptation, cultural practices, fertilizers, and the protection 

 of the tree against the various pests. Much of this work has 

 been conducted by the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture, by workers of the southern experiment stations, and 

 by nurserymen and practical pecan-growers. 



^ Pecans and Other Nuts in Texas." Bull. No. 2, Texas Dept. Agr. 



