NORTHERN-GROWN NUT TREES 
NORTHERN-GROWN HARDY 
PECAN TREES 
.Stuart 
Mantura 
Appomattox 
Indiana 
Xorthcrn IX'can culture offers splendid opportunities for ricli profit. 
And the production of hardy, successful northern varieties which equal 
in every respect the southern product, is a remarkable scientific acliieve- 
ment, (leslined to play an important part in the economic progress of the 
whole American people. 
Mr. J. H. Wight, whose pai)er on Pecans we have previously quoted, 
says; "With some knowledge of the j)rohlems that confront fruit 
growers in ()ther lines, let me say that 1 do not lielieve there is a more 
promising field in American horticulture than IX'can growing, for 
sections that are adapted to tliis nut. Many of the difficulties that arc 
in the way of tlie orchardist in other lines do not trouble the Pecan 
grower.” 
It has been demonstratetl that I'ecans tor successful culture in the 
Xorth. must be of hardy varieties, budded on stock grown from Xorthcrn 
Pecans, and grown under Xorthern conditions. Cirafted trees are abso¬ 
lutely worthless, as experience has shown. 
Mr. W. X. Poper, of Petersburg, Va., an eminent authority, stated: 
"Pecan trees for successful culture in the Xorth must be of hardy, early 
maturing varieties. i>udded on stocks from Xorthern-grown I’ecans 
and grown in nursery under suitable climatic conditions. These are 
reciuisites. indicated by i)ractical experimental work extending over 
several years. Only well-grown, vigorous Pecan trees should be planted 
in the Xorth. It is a waste of time and money to plant indifferent Pecan 
trees in any locality where they have to contend with severe climatic 
conditions. The size of the tree is less important than its root system 
and vigor. The purchasers of trees grown on thin, sandy soil, with 
root system consisting almost entirely of straight tap roots, destitute of 
laterals, need not expect success.” 
Plant only buckled trees. Seedling trees are not worth setting out. 
Two hardy Virginia varieties, the ‘’Mantura” and the ”A])i)omattox,” 
have beeti planted in Massachusetts, Connecticut. Indiana, and other 
Xorthern States^and have proven entirely successful there, withstanding 
temperatures far below zero without injury. 
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