THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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REPORT BY EX-PRESIDENT J. B. WIGHT 
{Continued from page 822 ) 
and the sustained interest during the meeting was the best 
in the history of the Association. Many interesting papers 
and addresses were delivered. Monticello is a pecan grow¬ 
ing center. There are several large nurseries which are 
devoted almost entirely to the growing of pecan nursery 
stock; and there are in the vicinity of the place several 
thousand acres in pecan orchards. 
The second day of the convention was given entirely to 
sight-seeing, visits being made to the nurseries and orchards 
about the place. Owing to the fact given above, the great¬ 
est interest of the convention centered in the pecan. There 
is no diminution in the interest taken in this nut. Thous¬ 
ands of acres will be set this year to orchards. In fact, the 
number of pecan orchards set will be limited only by the 
supply of trees. The demand for pecan trees this year is 
far beyond the supply. 
There is not a body of men anywhere who believe more 
thoroughly in their business than do the members of the 
National Nut Growers’ Association. Eight different places 
were applicants for the next annual meeting. The choice 
of the place was left to the executive committee, with the 
likelihood that Mobile, Ala. will be selected. 
Mr. H. K. Miller, of Monticello, Fla., was elected presi¬ 
dent for the next year. 
NUT GROWING IN NORTH CAROLINA 
W. N. Hutt 
Nut growing though a comparatively new industry is 
rapidly becoming one of great importance in the United 
States. Nuts were formerly considered to be valuable only 
as confections; now they are generally recognized as 
valuable foods. Every year sees an increase in nut con¬ 
sumption with a corresponding increase in importation of 
foreign nuts. With the exception of English walnuts and 
almonds which are grown on the Pacific coast, very little 
has been done in this country in the commercial production 
of nuts. In the last decade, however, it has been found out 
that the richest of all nuts is a native of the southern states. 
This is the pecan, than which there is none better. This 
valuable nut is native to the Mississippi Valley and grows 
to perfection almost anywhere in the southern states. In 
Texas wild pecans are gathered from the woods skirting 
the river banks and are shipped out by the car load. 
A great impetus has been given pecan production in the 
finding of individual trees which produce nuts of large size 
with thin shells well filled with rich, fine-flavored meat. 
It has been found that these characteristics in pecans can 
be perpetuated by budding and grafting, the same as is 
done in our varieties of fruit trees. Hundreds of thousands 
of budded and grafted pecan trees are now being produced 
in southern nurseries and thousands of acres planted to 
pecan groves in the south. 
In recent investigations in pecan culture it is found that 
pecan trees grow and produce well in latitudes far north of 
what was formerly considered the pecan area. Pecans 
grow to perfection in the coastal region of North Carolina; 
they do well in south eastern Virginia and are even found 
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