BUDDING THE PECAN 



1667 



Fig. 3. Olivier Pecans. 



COW peas or velvet beans planted between 

 the rows. 



The following varieties are recom- 

 mended by the American Pomological 

 Society. Districts 4, 5, 6 and 7 (See page 



1161) mainly comprise the Southern 

 states. An asterisk signifies that a vari- 

 ety does well; a double asterisk, very 

 well, and a dagger, "recommended for 

 trial." 



Varieties of Pecans 



NAME 



Description 



Recommendations for the several dis- 

 tricts. For location of districts 

 see P. 129 





Origin 



From 



Size 



Quality 







4 



5 



6 



7 



Alley 













t 



" ' * * ' 





Centennial 



La 



ob 



vi 



vg 







Curtis 





t 





Delmas 













Ffotscher (Frotscher Egg Shell, Olivier) 



La 



ob 



1 



vg 



t 



** 



* 





Georgia (Georgia Giant) 





Hollis (Posts Select, in part) 



















Jewett 



Miss . . . 



o 



vl 



vg 











Money Maker 









Pabst 



















Peerless 



















Post (Posts Select, in part) 



















Rome (Rome, Columbia, Columbian, Pride of the 

 Coast, Bourgeois) 















* 

 * 





Russell 



Miss.. . 

 Tex.... 



ob 







1 

 m 



vg 

 vgb 









Sao Saba 









Schley 



t 

 t 



** 





Stuart (Castanerd) 



Miss . . . 



rob 



1 



vg 





Success 





Teche (Frotscher, of some) 













t 



* * ' * ' ' 





Van Deman (Paragon) 



Miss . . . 



ob 



1 



vg 



■"t" 





Young 























Key. — QuaUty: b, best; g, good: v, very. 



