Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-24

TO the conviction that there is nc ''soft-she.
pecan''-it is simply a thin-shell pecan. Tn.
matter making up the shell of the so-caIIad
''Soft-Sheli pecan is just as hard as is the
matter making up the '.hard-shell ocean
but owing to its extreme thinness il f,
easily broken, and upon this people jump 10
the erroneous conclusion that the Sheg 4,
soft. You also hear of "paper-shel be
cans, but the ''soft-shells" and the .pap-,.
shells" are the same thing in every reSuerr
they are nothing more nor less than be
cans with extremely thin shells. On hi,
account We, who have studied the PEI.
with great care Tor forty years. and hav,.
written more with reference 10 il than ar.
other living man. perhaps, have taken .f
liberty Of throwing it into two classes. on.
-thin-shells and thick-shells-an Vs. be-.
lieye most dealers in seed pecans arr. .,...
fully indorsing our position in the p-.-..
iSeS
\ deep alluvial soil along some stream
suits the pecan best. II the land Is r,
posed TO occasional overfows from The
stream, Ill the better, provided the .a.,
drains itself thoroughly after the waters
go down. a wet, soggy and stagua,.as
soil, as q swamp, for instance. is no, we.
adapted to pecan culture.
High lands Will DO reasonably we. Tor
the pecans, provided they have u deep sub
soil. If rocks lie near the surface pecan,
would be 4 failure. The pecan is u tao
root growth, and therefore must be able 70
send tap root deep in the earth ere il c4a
do its best. In this respect it occupies
among trees about the same position tn..
clover occupies among herbaceous plants.
Prepare your land well and plant your
trees forty feet apart each way. Dig vut a
hole three or four feet in diameter and two
feet deep at each hill, and fill il with sur
face soil. Scrapings from along the feuye
or from beneath trees are 4 good ma,eria.
with which 10 fill these holes. If YOUR land
is good no additional manural matter wi.
be necessary-if not, then add thoroughly
decomposed stable manure. Don't forge:
to have the manure entirely rotted-fresh
manure would seriously damage your prUs-
poets for success. Plant from three 10 four
NUS III tIlt NH, lHtIl Two OF three
inches deep and packing the soil over them
to prevent drying out. Fall is the best
time to plant, though later would do. even
in the early spring. If planted in spring
the nuts should be soaked in water twenty
four hours before planting.
When the young trees are up and have
established themselves thin down to one in
the hill, leaving the best specimen, OF
course. We recommend planting several
nuts to make sure of a regular stand, as all
Of the nuts planted may not come up. Never
attempt to transplant the young trees, as
they don't do well We would as willingly
devote our land to grove of dry bean poles
as to grove of transplanted pecan trees.
Just now we are not prepared 10 recon-
mend to your patronage any reliable
dealer in seed pecans. There are plenty o.
dealers, we think, and doubtless this article
will cause you TO get from them all the cir
culars you need; but as yet none are hang
ing out their shingles or advertising in the
papers for this section of country.