Propagation of the Pecan 35 



Av. 



height 

 inches 



9c above 



tV in. 

 diam. 



87 



23 



SO 



20 



55 



16 



40 



17 



47 



22 



66 



13 



6 



21 



63 



20 



61 



19 



54 



Table IV — Confinued 



Highest Lowest 



No. nuts Xo. plant plant 



Varietv planted srrew inches inches 



Robsou ' 21 13 2*5 16 



Pabst 20 20 41 8 



Rome 20 13 37 9 



Russell 20 20 27 6 



San Saba 20 15 35 6 



Schley 3 3 28 16 



Stuart 20 17 25 7 



Tecbe 22 14 36 10 



Van Deman 25 19 31 9 



Seedling 25 17 32 10 



The seedling nuts were from a tree growing in the same 

 locality as the varieties. The plants from the former averaged 

 a little larger than those from the named varieties. The 

 Beveridge nuts were seriously affected by scab and germinated 

 very poorly. The Stuart germinated fairly well but made 

 poor growth, and only 6 per cent of the plants exceeded seven- 

 sixteenths of an inch in diameter by the middle of June, 

 1922. Too few of the Schley nuts were planted to secure 

 tinistworthy averages, but the Alley. Appomattox, Pabst, Kob- 

 son, Teche. and VanDeman showed relatively high averages 

 in size. The nuts of each variety were from a single tree, yet 

 the very great variation in size of plants seems as pronounced 

 as though mixed seedlings had been employed. 



Pecan seedlings in the nursery that do not reach a height 

 above the ground of ten inches the second year should be cut 

 out as weaklings unless abnormal soil or seasonal conditions 

 account for the stunted growth. In determining when a seed- 

 ling is ready to be budded or grafted, its diameter is a more 

 important factor than its height. However, measurements of 

 rather large numbers have shown that the relation between 



