FLORIDA ,STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
18.3 
that solid bodies of land should never be 
planted to trees by men or companies 
with ample means. It is meant that farm 
made money and farm made fertilizer 
helps pecan trees grow—and it takes land 
and labor to make either or both of them. 
One of the best combinations for the 
good of the whole pecan section is the 
one the thrifty farmer makes when he 
improves the value of his farm by put¬ 
ting out a few acres of standard varie¬ 
ties of pecans. There are farmers in my 
home county (Jefferson) who gather from 
a few seedling trees that were planted 
under an almost passing whim and ma¬ 
tured under adverse conditions, nuts 
worth more money than the better class 
of negro tenant can get gross for the en¬ 
tire crop made behind a good mule. 
I believe in the future of the pecan 
nut. It will add to the wealth and prog¬ 
ress and fame of the south. It will make 
our laborers busier, our lands more val¬ 
uable, our citizens more comfortable. The 
cotton states are offered another monop¬ 
oly to share honors with king cotton, and 
the pecan is already a commercial factor 
in the south’s affairs. 
I am reminded suddenly of a mental 
picture that is not pleasing. It is the rec¬ 
ollection of wide fields studded with 
trees, these crowded with briars and 
weeds and promising nothing but disap¬ 
pointment and failure to those whose 
money placed them there. Many an acre, 
planted to pecan trees that were carelessly 
dug, set out late and hurriedly and cared 
for not intelligently or not at all, stands 
today, as a warning to promoters and in¬ 
vestors alike that they should not prom¬ 
ise too much, that they should not under¬ 
take too much. Better a dozen good trees 
well set and thrifty than a thousand 
gnarled and knotty and yellow and worth¬ 
less from failure of funds to furnish 
proper fertilizers and cultivation. 
So it is wise and proper that one and 
all should set about the business of mak¬ 
ing pecan groves well guarded against the 
shocks of seasons and the demands on the 
bank roll; and the remedy for ills that I 
offer and believe in and practice is in the 
words of my text—“Combinations 
Adapted to Pecan Production.” There 
are many combinations besides those I 
named, and it is for us to figure out the 
ones most suited to our several condi¬ 
tions. 
DISCUSSION 
Mr. Williams: I would like to ask if 
the pecans can be grafted on the common 
pignut hickory with any success? 
Mr. Carroll: I am making an experi¬ 
ment in that line now, and I believe they 
can be worked on upland hickory. I have 
about 25 or 30 of the upland hickories 
cut back for budding. I tried only one 
last season and the buds took as readily 
as on any pecan stock I ever worked. I 
have about 1,000 of wild hickory on my 
place. There are about 400 or 500 in one 
body and I have decided to put them to 
some use. I am going to experiment with 
them and see if they will work. I budded 
the one with the Delmas pecan and the 
bud remained dormant until this spring. 
It now has shoots four feet long and has 
begun to branch out. I have not worked 
the pignut hickory. 
Mr. Graves: I have tried the experi¬ 
ment, and while they have made splendid 
