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discharge of the nut ; nut ovoid, nearly cylindrical or slightly 

 4-angled toward the pointed apex, bright reddish-brown, 

 with irregular black markings, from 1 to 2 inches long, with 

 brittle walls and papery partitions. The seed or kernel 

 is sweet, reddish-brown, its nearly flat lobes furrowed 

 from near the base to the apex by two deep longitudinal 

 grooves. 



The wood of Hicoria Pecan is heavy, hard, not very strong, 

 brittle and close-grained, with numerous thin medullary rays 

 and bands of one or two rows of large open ducts marking 

 the layers of annual growth. It is light brown tinged with 

 red, with thin lighter brown sapwood. The specific gravity 

 of the absolutely dry wood is 0.7180, a cubic foot weighing 

 44.75 pounds. It is less valuable than the wood of most 

 of the other species of hickory. It makes excellent fuel and 

 is now occasionally used in the manufacture of wagons and 

 agricultural implements. 



VARIETIES OF PECANS 



The Gulf Coast varieties are adapted to the southern pecan 

 belt. In this group the planter has a long list from which 

 to choose. The really meritorious varieties, however, adapted 

 to a large part of the southern belt are comparatively few. 

 Those which have withstood best the exactions of the grower 

 and of the trade for a considerable time are the Schley, 

 Stuart, Alley, Pabst, and Success. To this list might be 

 added Moneymaker, Moore, Brooks, and Bradley. The last 

 four varieties are very prolific. The trees come into bearing 

 while young and the nuts ripen early in the fall, enabling the 

 grower to catch the early trade. Other varieties that give 

 satisfaction in the different sections of the southern pecan 



