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Index 



Patch-bud, season for, 51 



stock for, 52 

 Pecan, botany of, 215 



classification of, 16, 17 



description of, 14, 115 



fossil of, 12 



insects, 161 



nomenclature of, 215 



origin of, 12, 13 



origin of word, 12 



varieties of, 221 



weevil 

 Penicant, Jean, 14 

 Phosphorus, function of, 88 

 Phyllophaga, 178 

 Phyllosticta caryae, 189 

 Pie, pecan, 214 

 Picks, 141 



Pistillate flowers, 99, 100 

 Plant-food, from corn crops, 84, 

 85, 86 



elements, the less important, 88 



functions of, 88 

 Planting, pecan orchard, 106, 113 



distances. 111 

 Polishing pecans, 127, 128 

 Pollen, 99, 100, 101 



destruction by catkin disease, 

 192 

 Pollination, 98 

 Pooling, 150 



Potassium, function of, 90 

 Powdery-mildew, 191 

 Pralines, 15, 213 

 Pratz, 15 



Prices, stabilizing, 145, 146 

 Prince, William, 15 

 Production, nuts in U. S., 9 

 Propagation, diflaculty of, 32 

 Protecting trees, 114 

 Protein in pecans, 204 

 Proteopteryx hoUana, 168 

 Pruning, for dieback, 113-115 

 Purchasing trees, 107, 108 



Rafinesque, 216 



Rancidity of pecans, 142, 143 



Recipes, 207 



Records of yields, longtime, 133 



Regularity of yields, 133-137 



Risien, E. E., 12 



Rome variety, origin, 20 



Rosette, 185 



Rough-bark, patch-budding in 52, 

 55 



Russell variety, origin, 21 



Salads, pecan, 209 



Sandwiches, pecan, 214 



San Saba variety, origin, 29 



Scab, 182 



Scale insects, 179 



Seedlings, not true to type, 28 



for propagation, 32 



from improved varieties, 34 



growing stock, 32 



height and diameters, 36 



improved varieties from, 28, 29, 

 30 



locating buds on, 54 



native groves, care, 26 



preparing for market 



Ridgeway grove, 27 

 Sharkley soils, 80 

 Sheets for harvesting, 122 

 Shelling costs, 141 

 Shot-hole borer, 179 

 Shucking pecans, 123 

 Shuck-worm, 170 

 Sinoxylon hasilaris 

 Sizes, 129, 130 

 Skinner, J. J., 91, 94, 95 

 Soaking before cracking, 139 

 Soft pork, 205 

 Soils, factor in rosette injury, 186 



acid, 76, 77 



fertility indicated by tree 

 growth, 82 



for nurseries, 36, 37 



for pecans, 76, 77 



liming, 77, 78 



preparation, 107 



to avoid, 81, 82 



types for pecans, 78, 80 

 Spacing trees, 112, 116 

 Speculative pecan crop, 22 

 Spraying, 195, 197 



outfits, 195, 196 



for scab, 185 

 Squarihg the orchard, 108 



