. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. rods. The nuts should not be left on the gi enough to become wet or discolored by storn appearance and quality are injured thereby, cans of medium size, and below, are now p. PECAN 1255 to the pound, the retail price is rarely below 50 cents per lb. in the large cities, while for seed, such nuts, if of well-aut
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. rods. The nuts should not be left on the gi enough to become wet or discolored by storn appearance and quality are injured thereby, cans of medium size, and below, are now p. PECAN 1255 to the pound, the retail price is rarely below 50 cents per lb. in the large cities, while for seed, such nuts, if of well-authenticated varieties, usually bring from $1 to $ per lb. Probably at least 95 per cent of the market supply is still from wild trees and, as the crop varies greatly in quantity from year to year, the wholesale price is sub- ject to wide variation- 3 to 5 cents per lb for ordinary wild Pecans is about the average price paid by buyers. In recent full crop \ears considerable quantities have been held over in refrigerated storage and large profits ha\e been realized m some instances in this way. Large quantities of the medium si/es are cracked in special establishments m different cities notabh in San Antonio, Texas and New \ork, and marketed in neat cardboard cartons 111 the form of meats ready for the domestic or tonimercial confectioner. tail at 50 to bO cents per lb and at a somewhat lower price their con- sumption will undoubt- edlj be largely increased. Insect En Among the most trouble- some enemies of the Pe- ( m are ceitain leaf-eat- ing caterpillars includ- ing the fall webworm (Hyph anil la cnnea, Drurj) which is con- trolled bj burning the webs with a torch at- tached to a pole as soon as it IS discovered. Spraying with Paris treen would doubtless be III 1 ft (tive in case tl I I f should appear H I I iinmbers. The III I I tw It, girdler(0«- id I s iiiu/ulatus, Say) IS bometimes trouble- some on Pecan The fe- male beetle deposits her eggs 111 twigs which she
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