Geography and Commercial Importance of the Pecan 11 



TABLE 111— Continued 



1909 1919 



South Carolina 159.823 525 JS3 



Arkansas 249,995 31S.3S2 



North Carolina 74.861 145,753 



Tennessee 25,581 70.594 



Kentucky 28.577 50.352 



Virginia 10.568 33,927 



Table III gives the production of pecans by states accord- 

 ing to the 1920 census. A considerable part of the yield east 

 of the Mississippi Eiver is from orchards planted to improved 

 varieties, while a large percentage west of the Mississippi is 

 from native seedling trees. 



