. Crops that pay : pecans, figs, mangoes, avocados, kumquats . Pecan; Fruit-culture. THE PECAN. 23 seed; that the first crop will be 4 pounds; the second, lo; the third, 20; the fourth, 43; the fifth, 74; and the sixth, 100 pounds. Trees may be set 50 feet apart, giving 17 to the acre; 35 feet apart, giving 35 to the acre; or even closer if on poor land where fertilizers must be used. The planting distance will be determined by the character of the soil and plans for interculture while the trees are small. In the alluvial river bottoms of Louisiana and other Gulf States, where the pecan finds
. Crops that pay : pecans, figs, mangoes, avocados, kumquats . Pecan; Fruit-culture. THE PECAN. 23 seed; that the first crop will be 4 pounds; the second, lo; the third, 20; the fourth, 43; the fifth, 74; and the sixth, 100 pounds. Trees may be set 50 feet apart, giving 17 to the acre; 35 feet apart, giving 35 to the acre; or even closer if on poor land where fertilizers must be used. The planting distance will be determined by the character of the soil and plans for interculture while the trees are small. In the alluvial river bottoms of Louisiana and other Gulf States, where the pecan finds all conditions exactly suited to its best growth, trees should not be planted less than 50 feet apart and the space between rows cultivated in cotton, or other field crops, until the trees shade the ground too much. Planting in excess of this would prove a serious obstacle to interculture and greatly shorten the time in which it might be carried on. But what is of more importance, indeed of vital importance, too close planting will surely prevent the trees from forming fine, spreading heads and so yielding the much larger quan-. PECANS IN HUSKS tity of nuts which trees permitted to develop naturally are certain to give. Recent expressions of practical growers are decidedly opposed to close planting with the thought of "heading in" the tops; and the most successful planters favor permanent planting with abundant space for perfect development. Nevertheless, if as many as 35 trees to the acre were set at first on light, sandy soil, and it should be found necessary, after a time, to cut out part of them to prevent crowding and the consequent injury to the trees, those left would undoubtedly be benefited by having more room in which to expand, both above and below ground. The question of reducing the number of trees in an orchard is purely one for the skilled horticul- turist to decide. It requires more courage to cut down large, bearing pecan trees than is possessed by th
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