. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. vada City, Cal., whose work closely followed that of Mr. Sexton, andthese to a large extent are sold under their variety names. At presentthe more important are the Franquette and Mayette, direct introductions,and the Concord, San Jose and probably the Chase, seedlings of originalintroductions. The Pecan.—The pecan is by far the most important nut indigenousto this country, and although at present its annual production is less thanone-half that of the Persian walnut, the increased attention now beingpaid to the native
. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. vada City, Cal., whose work closely followed that of Mr. Sexton, andthese to a large extent are sold under their variety names. At presentthe more important are the Franquette and Mayette, direct introductions,and the Concord, San Jose and probably the Chase, seedlings of originalintroductions. The Pecan.—The pecan is by far the most important nut indigenousto this country, and although at present its annual production is less thanone-half that of the Persian walnut, the increased attention now beingpaid to the native bearing trees and enormous number of planted orchardsin the south Atlantic and eastern Gulf states combine to make it fairlycertain that this will soon become the leading nut grown in America. Itsnative range includes much of the lowlands of the Mississippi River andits tributaries from Davenport and Terra Haute on the north, south tonear the Gulf and a large area extending southwest across Arkansas,Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas to near the Rio Grande. Its requirements. Major, Bliikett, WAiuiicK, Havens and Owens Pecans. Ycar-Iiook. 1912 U. 8. Dcpt. of Agriculture. NtJTS AND NUT CtTLTURE of soil and moisture are much the same as are these of the Persian , it appears to be somewhat more exacting in its moisture require-ment, for although being intolerant of improper drainage, it is less ableto sustain itself proportionately in drier soils. The pecan is propagated by budding and grafting on stocks of itsown species. Under the most favorable conditions seedlings grown fromnuts planted in midwinter may be budded when eighteen months old, andtransplanted in orchard form by the end of the next season, or by the timethe roots have been in the ground for three years. Thus far a total of approximately one hundred varieties have beenrecognized in the South. The majority of these already have been elimi-nated. At present, the principal sorts of the south Atlantic and Gulf
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