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 Varieties 



Hawaii Variety Selection and Testing of the Macadajula Nut 

 (Macadamia Ternifolia and M« Tetraphylla Johnson ) , To 

 develop improved commercial varieties of the macadamia nut 

 throvigh selection and variety testing, 

 Hort. 175 



La, Comparative Trial on Tung Tree Size, Grovth Habits, and 



Yield and Percentage Oil in the Whole Fruit of Selected 

 Mother Trees Propagated by Different Methods , Obtain further 

 information on behavior of budded and first- and second-gener- 

 ation seedlings propagated from six mother trees chosen as 

 best available at time of setting up the experiment and the 

 comparative merits of budded trees propagated from three 

 mother trees, the seedlings of which are not sufficiently 

 uniform to warrant use, 

 Hort, 391 



N, Max, Pecan Rootstocks and Orchard Planting Methods , To (l) 



develop more reliable and efficient methods for pecan orchard 

 planting and' establishment under climatic and cultural condi- 

 tions of State; and, (2) test and evaluate certain new hybrid 

 varieties of pecans as rootstocks for budded varieties, 

 Hort, 72 



Cultiire 



Ariz, Factors Affecting the Production of Pecans in Arizona . 

 To learn (1) soil moisture and salinity in relation to irri- 

 gation requirements; and, (2) nutritional requirements of 

 pecan trees in Arizona, 

 Hort. 398 Coop, ARS 



Fla, Fertilization of Pecans , Learn effects of differential 



fertilization with N, K, and other mineral elements on yield 

 and nut quality. 



Fruit Crops, Soils 565 



Okla, Investigations on the Causes and Control of Erratic Bear - 

 ing of the Pecan^ To (1) learn causes for erratic bearing; 

 and, (2) devise a method to correct or avoid this, 

 Hort, 985 



Harvesting and Storage 



No research projects under this classification at the time this 

 report was compiled. 



