. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 45° NUTS. The tree as grown in the South much resembles the com- mon hickory, grows to about thirty feet high in fifteen years, and bears at ten or twelve years of age. Pecans are usually propagated from seed, but the results are so unreliable that grafting or budding must take place as the only certain way of obtaining valuable sorts. The remarks made in the introduction to this chapter con- cerning the difficulties of transplanting nut-trees apply w
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 45° NUTS. The tree as grown in the South much resembles the com- mon hickory, grows to about thirty feet high in fifteen years, and bears at ten or twelve years of age. Pecans are usually propagated from seed, but the results are so unreliable that grafting or budding must take place as the only certain way of obtaining valuable sorts. The remarks made in the introduction to this chapter con- cerning the difficulties of transplanting nut-trees apply with. Figs. 58S and 589, —Common Forms of Pecan. intensified force to the pecan, whose tap-root is, in one and two year seedlings, three times as long as the shoot above ground. They must be treated as suggested for other nut- seedlings—the ground must be rich and deeply cultivated. If raised from seed, plant the nuts in drills three or four feet apart, and twelve or fifteen inches apart in the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob); Wood, William H. S. New York, Orange Judd
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