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planted in 1901. I planted more trees in 
1902, 1903 and 1904. I have trees from 
six years of age up to nine years. I am 
getting 40 to 70 pounds off of nine year 
old trees. None of them sell for less than 
20c. per pound and some of them sell for 
40c. and 50c. per pound. I have some of 
the best varieties; these are the VanDe- 
man, Nelson, Frotscher, Stuart, Schley, 
Delmas, Dewey, Hall, Alley, Bolton, 
Moore and other varieties. I have no 
trees in this grove that are not growing 
well and bearing full, heavy crops. The 
nuts are well filled and of most excellent 
quality. 
The best record I have made with any 
tree was a five year old tree from which 
I got $6.25 worth of nuts in one year, 
selling them at 25c. per pound. I got 70 
pounds from a Moore tree in 1908, which 
was set in January, 1901. There is a six 
and a seven year old tree from which I 
got a total of 50 pounds last year, and 
sold the nuts at 50c. per pound. I have 
about a hundred acres planted, part of it 
set in 1906, part in 1907-08. Of the trees 
planted in 1906, about twelve or fifteen 
are already bearing. In fact, a few set 
in 1907 are bearing a little, and they are 
growing very thriftily. 
The trees planted on the big plantation 
did not do' so well. We have had about 
eighteen months of dry weather in our 
section, but the trees are doing fairly 
well, all things considered. They have a 
good color but are not making much 
growth. 
The test grove I have at home is an 
interesting sight for those who are inter¬ 
ested in pecans. If any of the gentle¬ 
men present come through Monticello, I 
will be very glad to show them around. 
On my land I am planting heavily of 
the Moore. It is a good bearing variety; 
a small nut and a nut that no one pays 
much attention to, but it is of good qual¬ 
ity and thin shell. The Schley is also 
good. I have many varieties on my lands, 
but if I had it to do over again I would 
select the Schley, the Delmas, the Moore, 
and possibly one to three other varieties, 
and plant exclusively of these. 
A Member: Is the pecan a prolific 
grower in the southern part of Florida? 
Prof. Hume: I have seen pecans grow¬ 
ing well in Fort Myers; as far south as 
that. Now, it is a question of soil in 
Florida. You can stand on soil that is 
good for pecans, and take two or three 
steps and be on soil that is fit for nothing 
but raising disturbances on. I would 
look carefully into the matter of soil be¬ 
fore I planted. On high pine land, you 
want to see what kind of subsoil there is, 
to be certain that the drainage is good. 
Mr. Henderson: Do they bear regu¬ 
larly ? 
Prof. Hume: They will compare fa¬ 
vorably with other crops in that respect. 
I don’t think they bear as regularly as 
the citrus fruits. It depends entirely on 
where you are. As you go a little further 
south in the State, they do not bear as 
regularly as the citrus fruits in the same 
section. A great deal depends on the va¬ 
riety, also. With some varieties they will 
run, to 1 my knowledge, for ten or twelve 
year and never fail to bring some crop. 
Other varieties only bear every other 
year. The matter of varieties adapted to 
the locality has to be very carefully con¬ 
sidered, if you want to make a success of 
pecan raising. 
