Southern Norsery Company. Winchester, Tenn. 
Prof. W. X. Unit. State Hcirtkultuiist (if North Carolina, 
recently j)ro<-nro(l stiitisties rosarding the pecnn acroiige in 
the Southern states. As many of the Soutliern states have 
native wild areas of pecan trees, it was found to he prac- 
tically in" --sslhle to obtain exact statistics of seedling pecan 
trees. Ti'c ituiuiry, therefore, was dii'ectly entirely toward 
statistics of budded or grafte<l trees, standard named va- 
rieties. Tlie results .t'c set for in the first of the following 
tabulations. 
In the second of the following tabulations is given the 
production of nuts by states, comparing the t)eglnuing and 
end of a decade. 
STANDARD NAMED VARIKTIES PECAN 
liuddcxl and (Jrafted — Southern, W. : 
X. Ilutt, Raleigh, N. C. 
Trees 
Acreage 
Georgia 
240,320 
14.000 
Florida 
1(3,935 
10,371 
Alabama _ 
38,112 
1,856 
2,135 
Louisiana 
22,805 
2,268 
North Carolina . 
11,151 
557 
South Carolina 
10,871 
558 
Texas - 
6,814 
383 
529,264 33,228 
NUT PRODUCTION BY STATES 
1899 1909 
Pounds Pounds 
Alabama ^ 193,570 439,382 
California 17,775,.'505 ' 28,278,115 
Florida 98,470 382,535 
Georgia 181,710 845,553 
Ix>uisiana 065,770 790,925 
Mississippi 31.3,620 866,504 
North Carolii'a 244,330 1.244,629 
South Carolina 213,320 376,013 
Tennessee 059,060 783,570 
Texas . 1,836,970 5,945,932 
22,182,925 
40,959,158 
