given by Mr. H. W. Smithwick, Americus, 
Ga.: 
Moneymaker 7 years set — 26 pounds 
Schley 7 years set — 16 pounds 
Teche 8 years set — 28 pounds 
VanDeman 8 years set— 21 pounds 
Mobile 8 years set — 30 pounds 
Stecliler 7 years set — 15 pounds 
Stuart 7 years set — 27 pounds 
Mr. John A. Lott, of Waycross, Ga., has a 
four-acre seedling grove which is well 
known. He writes me that: "One year it 
bears a heavy crop and the next year a half 
crop. The best crop from these four acres 
was in 1912, when about 5,000 pounds of nuts 
were gathered, selling for $1,275.00." 
Mr. J. R. Pinson, Baconton, Ga., under 
date of June 4, 1914, gives me the following 
information about a fifteen-acre grove of 
Teche pecans: There are 250 trees set Feb- 
ruary, 1907, fifty feet apart. In 1911 he 
gathered from these trees 50 pounds of nuts; 
in 1912, 700 pounds; and in 1913, 2,450 
pounds. These trees have not had extra at- 
tention. 
The following telegram was received dur- 
ing the annual convention of the National 
Nut Growers Association at Houston, Texas, 
November 5-7, 1913: 
"Pascagoula, Miss., Nov. 5, 1913. 
"Secretary National Nut Growers Assn., 
Houston, Texas. 
"The object of this message is to advise 
that on November 3d we gathered from one 
