. Almanac and garden manual for the southern states of the J. Steckler Seed Co., Nursery stock Louisiana New Orleans Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND The pecan nut tree, "Yuglans Carya Olivaefor- mis," grows wild in many of the Southern States, and is said "to be indigenous along the Missis- sippi river as far north as Southern ; The bulk of the nuts on the market are from wild self-sown trees. Prices vary from 5c. to 50c per pound, showing conclusively&quo
. Almanac and garden manual for the southern states of the J. Steckler Seed Co., Nursery stock Louisiana New Orleans Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND The pecan nut tree, "Yuglans Carya Olivaefor- mis," grows wild in many of the Southern States, and is said "to be indigenous along the Missis- sippi river as far north as Southern ; The bulk of the nuts on the market are from wild self-sown trees. Prices vary from 5c. to 50c per pound, showing conclusively" there is a great difference in quality. The rich, sweet, oily nuts of thin shell and large size are the best. I have some now before me, some small ones, % of an inch long by »s of an inch in diameter, and others\% inch "in diameter by 2% inches long. These last are ten times the value of the first, because of superior quality, thin shell and large size. These nuts are all from self-sown trees. The yield from full grown trees varies from one to seven barrels, weighing 100 pounds per barrel. In no other class of wild fruit or nut trees is there a greater chance for improvement, or rather so great an improvement so easily effected. We have only to select the best sorts nature has pro- vided, and bud or graft them on the common kinds. The most successful method is by ''annular bud ; It may be done any time frorn the end of May up to the "first part of August, varving as sea- sons and the localities differ, the earlier it can be done the better. With a sharp budding knife make two cuts com- pletely around the stock about one inch apart, cut only through the bark, cut from the top circle to | Pecan seedlings should be transplanted soon after the leaves fall; it must be done before they ! start growing in the spring. As they grow to be- large trees, they must be planted from" fif cy to sev- enty feet apart. Though on sandy poor land they may be planted cl
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