Teche Pecans 
Cultivating Pecan Nursery 
Frotscher Pecan Tree 
PECANS 
In recent years the Pecan has become a very important nut, particularly in the Southern States, 
and it may be said that there is no other fruit or nut tree which fits so well into the general farming 
of this region as the Pecan. Cotton, corn, cowpeas and other farm crops can be grown to advantage 
among the trees when they are young, and even until the trees have begun to bear well. In short, 
the land may be farmed almost as though the trees had not been planted on it, yet the trees, under 
this management will grow and do well. The region in which the Pecan may be grown, with a proper 
selection of varieties, extends from Virginia to Florida, thence west into Texas and Oklahoma. It 
is destined to become the most important horticultural tree in this whole region, and the Pecan 
orchards of the South will rival the apple orchards of the North and Northwest. The Pecan, under 
proper conditions, will continue to bear fruit long after other fruit trees planted at the same time 
have ceased to grow; in fact, a Pecan orchard is equal to many peach orchards—for instance, in 
length of life and fruitfulness. As shade trees they make handsome specimens, and they are well 
adapted for street, road and yard planting. 
Pecan Soils 
While it is a fact that the Pecan tree will succeed on a wide range of soils, it is wise, since it is a 
valuable, long-lived tree, to choose good land for the Pecan planting. This soil should not be low 
and wet; it should be well drained, yet it should contain a goodly supply of moisture. Sandy loams 
underlaid with clay, light clay lands and alluvial lands are suitable. The land should contain humus 
in goodly amounts for best results. Before planting, the land should be thoroughly cleared of stumps 
and roots; if it is good farm land, and in good farming condition, it will be ready for planting at 
once, but new lands, or those 
deficient in humus or vege¬ 
table matter, should be well 
broken, and planted in cow- 
peas or velvet beans for at 
least one season before plant¬ 
ing. In autumn, after the 
vines are dead and dry, they 
should be plowed back into 
the land, and the soil well har¬ 
rowed, to put it in best con¬ 
dition. This will add the 
needed humus to the soil. 
Cultivation 
The best cultivation for a 
Pecan tree does not differ ma¬ 
terially from that given other 
kinds of fruit trees. The 
A Barrel of Van Deman Pecans 
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