Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-20

. TO the conviction that there is 10 'sSoft-sheii
| pecan''-it is simply 4 thin-shell pecan. Tie
matter making up the shell of the so-calIed
''soft-sheIl pecan is just as hard as is the
| matter making up the ''hard-shell pecan.
but owing 10 its extreme thinness it is
| easily broken, aud upon this people jump 10
the erroneous conclusion that the shell IS
soft. You also hear of ''paper-shell pc
cans" but the ''soft-shells' ana the paper
shells" are the same thing in every respec.
they are nothing more nor less than pc
cans with extremely thin shells. On rIis
account we, who have studied the pecan
with great care for forty years, and have
written more with reference 10 i than IL.
other living man, perhaps, have taken The
liberty Of throwing it into two classes, or,
-thin-shells and thick-shells-an we b.
Eeve most dealers in seed pecans are uo,,
fully indorsing our position in the prem
ises.
\ deep alluvial soil along some s:r-.c.
suits the pecan best. If the land Is "a
posed 10 occasional CverfowS from r.-
stream. all the better, provided The land
drains itself thoroughly after the waters
go down. y wet, Soggy and siaguat.,s
soil, As a swamp, for instance, IS no, We.
adapted 70 pecan culture.
High lands Will do reasonably we sIr
the pecans, provided they have i deep sub
soil. If rocks lie near The surface yrc4us
would be failure The pecan /, L ...u-
root growth. and therefore must b. ADJ .u
send tap root deep i'll the earth ere = -.
do It's best In this respect il uccup.,s
among trees about the same position ..-.
clover occupies among herbaccJUS ui4,--
Prepare your land well aud plan ty.f
trees forty feet apart each way Dig y4t
hole three or four feet III diameter auG 500
feet deep at each hill, and fill II with s.s
face soil. Scrapings from along the fv..s
or from beneath trees are i good ma;c-a.
with which to fill these holes. If YOUR Iaal
is good no additional InanuraI matter W.
be neCessary-if not, then add thoroughly
decomposed stable manure. Don't forge.
to have the manure entirely rotte,i-tr"sl
manure would seriously damage your pros
poets for success. Plant from three To Iygr
nuts in the hill. covering them two or three
inches deep and packing the soil over Them
to prevent drying out Fall is the b..
time to plant, though later would do eyea
in the early spring. II planted in spring
the nuts should be soaked in water twenty.
four hours before planting.
When the young trees are IN and nave
established themselves thin down 10 one u
the hill, leaving the best specimen, of
course. We recommend planting seyer4.
nuts to make sure of 4 regular stand, IS A.
of the nuts planted may not come up. Never
attempt to transplant the young trees, ss
they don't do well. We would as Willingly
devote our land to grove OF dry bean poles
as to a grove of transplanted pecan trees.
Just now we are not prepared to recon-
mend 10 your patronage any relia6ls
dealer in seed pecans. There are plenty Of
dealers, we think, and doubtless thus article
will cause you to get from them al the cir
culars you need; but as yet none are hang
ing out their shingles or advertising in tho
papers for this section of country.