1911. 
THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
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Ruralisms 
THE OWENS PECAN. 
When a new variety of fruit or nut 
makes its appearance that is ahead of any 
known variety in some very important 
characteristic, there is great rejoicing 
among horticulturists. When the first 
pecans appear on the markets in the 
South in the Fall there is great rejoic¬ 
ing, just as there is up in Michigan when 
you meet a man and he says: “Cheer up, 
cherries are ripe.” Up to this time the 
earliest date that ripe pecans could be 
found fresh upon the markets of our 
southern cities was September 20, and 
they were rather small in size and insig¬ 
nificant in appearance, though rich in 
flavor. We now have a large, handsome 
pecan that ripens its whole crop on Au¬ 
gust 25. It is the Owens pecan. The 
evidence is conclusive to my mind, and 
no one knows better than The R. N.-Y. 
that I am very slow in recommending a 
new thing, and very bold in denouncing 
any humbug that conies along. 
When Mr. F. M. Owens came South 
from Pennsylvania about 30 years ago 
he owned but little of this world’s goods. 
He did any honest work that came to 
hand, and did it thoroughly, and to-day 
he owns four solid blocks in one of our 
most prosperous southern cities, besides 
many fine plantations, and is now ranked 
among the millionaires. But had he done 
be to dry-mix the nitrate with about 
three times its bulk of sifted coal ashes 
or fine, dry soil and broadcast evenly. 
This will give a more even distribution 
than where the nitrate is spread alone. 
It would hardly pay to dissolve the ni¬ 
trate in water and sprinkle. This work 
could also be done by dissolving the ni¬ 
trate and putting the solution on sifted 
coal ashes. When this dries it can be 
scattered like fertilizer. 
Geraniums ; Begonias ; Wandering Jew. 
J. H. T., Harrison, N. Y. —1. What can I 
do with my geraniums, which have just 
commenced to bloom now? How should I 
keep them so they will bloom next Winter? 
I do not know how to take off slips. Would 
it be as well to keep them in their pots all 
Summer? 2. Also my Begonias; I have 
seven varieties; how must I keep them so 
they will bloom in the Winter? 3. I have 
a most beautiful hanging basket; I will en¬ 
close a leaf so you can tell what it is, and 
it is just as full oC the plant as it can be. 
What would you advise me to do with it 
through the Summer? I do not care so 
much for Summer plants as I do for Winter 
ones. Do you think it would do well if I 
cut it close to the basket, then hung it out 
under the grape arbor through the Summer? 
Ans. —We would not advise keeping 
over the old geranium plants for next 
Winter, as they are likely to be rather 
lanky, and not to give the best results 
in blooming. As soon as danger of 
frost is over plant the geraniums you 
now have in the garden; keep in a 
healthy growing condition, and take cut¬ 
WHOLE NUT. 
IIA LI'’. 
THE OWENS PECAN. Fig. 228. 
MEAT. 
nothing more than this it would not 
have been necessary for The R. N.-Y. 
to notice him. About eight years ago lie 
• went heavily into pecan culture. First 
he visited all the famous pecan groves 
of the South, and planted heavily of 
both seedling and grafted trees. While 
visiting his seedling trees on August 
25 last, he found that one of them was 
full of nuts ready to harvest, which he 
proceeded to do. Mr. S. S. Fay, of 
Kansas, an alumnus of Lincoln Univer¬ 
sity, had the honor of naming the pecan 
the Owens, and the illustrations, Fig. 228 
were made by Mr. Fay from nuts of 
this variety furnished by the Pomologi- 
cal Department at Washington. The 
Owens pecan is destined to prove of the 
very greatest value both to the North 
and South. In many sections of the 
North the pecan trees will live, but the 
nuts will not ripen in time to harvest. 
To all such the Owens pecan will be of 
untold value. To the southern grower 
who wishes to be first in market, when 
the prices are extra high, the Owens 
pecan will be of even greater value. 
Judging from the nuts they have nearly 
every good quality. They are large in 
size. The meat comes out whole. The 
shell is thin. The flavor is fairly good. 
The shape is ideal. I am told by the 
very best authority that the tree is a 
vigorous grower, and a regular and 
precocious bearer. It bore heavily last 
year when the pecan crop all through 
this section was almost a total failure, 
and has another fine crop on it this year. 
The pecan growers of American can 
congratulate themselves upon the ap¬ 
pearance of the Owens pecan. 
Louisiana. sam h. james. 
Nitrate of Soda for Lawn. 
O. W. S., Allendale, N. J. —I intend mak¬ 
ing an application of nitrate of soda to my 
lawn. Will you advise me the proper way 
to apply it? Is it better to scatter the ni¬ 
trate lightly over the lawn prior to a rain 
or use it in a solution by sprinkling? 
Ans.— It depends large on the size of 
the lawn. Perhaps the best way would 
tings from them in August or early Sep¬ 
tember. Gardeners use young plants 
from field-grown stock, propagated at 
the time named, for specimen decorative 
plants. Make a short-jointed cutting 
with a heel. We have often rooted 
these cuttings in the soil half under 
the parent plants, but the surest method 
would be to put them in two-inch pots, 
ir. light sandy soil without any fertilizer, 
placing these pots in a sunny window. 
While the cuttings must not be per¬ 
mitted to shrivel for want of water, they 
must not be over-watered, and should be 
a little on the dry side until callused. 
After they are rooted treat them like 
other geranium plants. 
2. You do not specify the class to 
which your Begonias belong, but we 
judge they are of the shrubby flower¬ 
ing type so popular in window gardens. 
Set them outside in a place where they 
are shaded during the hottest part of the 
day, as under dooryard trees; if the 
pots are plunged in coal ashes they will 
not dry out quickly, and are also pro¬ 
tected from being blown over. Water 
as required; most of the flowering va¬ 
rieties take a partial vacation under such 
circumstances, and will come into active 
bloom when brought inside and encour¬ 
aged to resume active growtli in early 
Fall. Some varieties, such as B. rubra, 
become rather lanky when old, in which 
case we would take cuttings, as in the 
case of the geraniums, and start the 
Winter with young plants. 
3. The beautiful striped leaf sent is 
Wandering Jew, Zebrina pendula, also 
called Tradescantia zebrina. It is one 
of the most charming of plants for any 
drooping position. It is also propagated 
with the greatest ease. We like to start 
a fresh stock each year, as when it 
grows very long shoots there are us¬ 
ually a few exhausted leaves at the bot¬ 
tom. Cut it as you suggest and hang in 
the grape arbor after danger of frost is 
past; we would also put a number of 
the cut shoots along the edge of a ver¬ 
anda box or similar place, or root them 
in any receptacle where the soil is fairlv 
moist; there would thus be plenty of 
young plants for the Fall, if another 
basket is desired, but the old roots, if the 
tops are cut right down, should give 
plenty of new foliage. 
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