Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-03
PECAN ORCHARD,
a BETTER INVESTMENT THAN A
NATIONAL BANK.
The Experience of Farmer of Brown
County, Texas-An Interesting article
on the Culture of Pecan Trees.

| Atlanta Constitution: As pecans and the
large fortune that IS 10 be realized by those
| now planting out orchards Is drawing con
| siderable attention through the columns Of
| the many papers OF our state and country.
and Is general interest seems to be
manifested throughout the South
| ern states eSpeCial!v Texas. Mis-
| sissippi and Louisiana and know
| ing that the experience Of those who
! have already en- parked in rhe business will
be beneficial to those COutemp ljmE planting
orchards. will give yoU Il bvi"f outline of
what | have had 10 pass through 10 make
pecan growing a success. In Texas a
good many of our streams. especially
in the WeSt.are lined with natural growth
of pecan timber. ami in this section. esyc-
cidl'y in Brown county where tae nuts are
large, ana where the spring rains are not in
excess so that the pollen of Size trees is
washed away at the time when r. ought To
be blown about b. the winds ami
made 10 fruCtify ami consequent
~ bear large crops. i man can
ride for miles without being ont
of sight Of these noble fUrcr, trees, which
not only grace the beauty of orr streams.
but add considerably 10 the natural wealth
Of the country. kuowug this 10 bc tAe
ease, and rs had 4 natural hiking for iruit
culture. / bought i tract ~ the IiCho-tsvI.
ley land, one mile from BrownwuOd, TO EN-
'Thi- i5a1 seemed Ia be u,I,Tc nuf nf
the order of the ordinary routine of faru-.
ING. aud seemed ridiculous and absurd.
Tor out for the natural Gift OF perseverance.
ainr.r rhr streams zyTarn II Good many If
the nurs fell in vas fTIl,. ors-h.lf Ia ono
rnird of The y,lr,a Of mo ,.rrp and then he,
nuts would moi b. the choicest and vs.,r{i
naturally bring = low price in th4,mdrhet~,
| certainly would have lbaUloPod ucCut"I'-.
prise from The rrbu+ys- - Ynrt win and
mis- eut.rurise tho-iTh I'm its infancy
promises Ia ~ on If t,a L,affuv, IN
hii,,l.asscr h., sta-. -, with tbas. idaasl
I,ssrf.p mo ,r,.rr T., Iy,1I. tnj ,,r.lbhal I'D
broke ,,,.,.es.t,i ope,:,rinu taking.
,,-f nearly 4 vral. a. lie ifa>s .1,sl,r y,.,.l
lalc,. and thick ON the Ground And Tot tl,
staft in MS rnrna,.fiG. rh.,r Nuns NJ
ricb glluyiaI bottom v,l1.- Ianjs and fr,.
deeper the soil the better. for = tre,. will
thrive better. and hem. rv.i,. as much ON
rf,h VALLEY than on ronr lana I fIrn prl-
rulrG he ines niir f..r,nI,,.i br ,I,-,ir,i.,
u cost of 81 uer busbeI from :. tres tb3r
hore tom busLeIs th1t ya.,. \nyv mo s..
le,tiuo of Inc mus i one. of f,. r,t, l,,r,,rs
TO START RIGHT with for. uu- when Iar-,,
fun meated ana soft shelled. will always
brine :. hicrh nrfre and rba rraa r,l,as ri.
same amount of care as = srn;I}-u1.t frr,,
consequently ne SIM. Ia ,at none bu+ I'm.
hest
would advise those contamination nlant-
inc, :, vie "a 81 ..tG,,..,.+ ~ ~ ,.,,,,
Springs Miss. who hasa NURSERY and SOM,
Of rhe finest r,ut> I,a,,. ,.ra,. .rrr f., mons
ui,fs. et.
-g,J'bs uI,ts ouoh- 10 he. ,,Iarrsd .,s soon as
e,t mr. m. # NOT ,,r.n+s5 i,rul,,fi,t..I,'
soxf i'm wafer f0,. fouI. On. i've d9yS befor,
ai51,tir,r have IN an ariel, n,Itrish,I :, ]
fittIe affer I LaI conc mo III bpsir,s =
said thar il ,voIIId nj Fo Ia t,-tnsnIauf INF
since then have seen tree. that wore trans
nl.nted hon. and do WI blt ! would a5,-is.
when po,siblr pIant me nIIrs as the tree
will live Iono,,. and h.. .tnIr 70 stand dr.
weather n oreat deaI bntt..,. ~,orra thirj-
than +ha moan v,-iIJ nor rroI,r,... Inc sarrs
l.5,5 ~ ,,,r ma ,b.,+ ty, al ,,,.,,- 70 b1,-
Inc original nIIf IS 10 ~r5ft This may be
th, case in a few instances hut 90 pr,. cent
of the fine LARGO mis- will r.ni.odIre. thr
identir9I nuf when nIon+e5 frou,tl
the seed VOL as GENT M
tn Give ynu my a>neriar,.a o.
nlanted forty feet zach way mud soon
found out that the yaIIolv nine s.al-ce I had
mn nv zach hin where the ulIts y,-rrc
planted yvert. attacked nv the wood -lousr
and they made thei,. W. In the NM and
eventually ia the tan 7oot and th1is killed
the tree nv thei,. danrajYtinre T LOST nearly
half of The i. 900 frees had mn oIIt. 10
obvi;,te this | TOOL, ont the yrIInyy nine
stakes ard nat reda7. stobs ahou- =, foot
hiUb and naintal tin, tons 81 tl,rt tha,- ,.nrIS
he seen but his foo had In be tolrrn o,v:,y
a the rabbit. in tho ,,-i,tn,. r,i.I,- r1n.un5
mn the balance Of rho t,nes nv ,r,,,,I,,o
them 10 the ground Thes, tr,es never. dij
come mn arain and &c | Ea,,. s.iid before If
did NOT have thu, natural off If na,,sav,.,.-
au,.p ! ,vnmid have ,ri,-nr mn +bc entern,.is.
in nnrfact disrrIs, h'+ ba,,aI a,g.,ir, qrJ
mis- time nnde = bov rra+e eioht,ru inches
hiuh of c,nress wood and +aI.,ad tho brt
toms. and This mn An end ia borh
The wood Ions, ana ,,1bhf- M +rens
since thou have hon erro,yine, vol ani
a. l Iool, ort of nv 1.iT,io,,. md ,ne tbe
beautiful avenues. three-fourtbs of a milo
lone of traes from tI'rne ia foI,. foot h;mb
I am a,unIy ,,a,1aid for tb. ,,orhIn ! baTa
also had the same land nI,nted those Iast
fbrae vcars in rotton ,.o.,, md .,If,Ir.,
which has henn onite = soIirle Of rnveIl}e
IN me and the mems have nat haan Inu,.b
in thr lv.,T. but tbie faII Iii he,. IN In,,-
ont the aIfalfa m, .,,c,I+ Of H. dc+,,,I+ing,
So much ,noistu,s from the Ground ana
sanninlr the na,.,n trae mud viii arcn,-
ullIv Kin the irees no matter. II van were IN
die, Ten foot ro-nd fLa,n b,rc lost some
400 or 400 trees that were nIanted in th..
,lf,If, hut not a singln trae i'm tIe corn and
cotton lam 50 well nIaased with the suc-
cass nf the rraas that have b,,,rorbt another
tract ADJOINING me and am Going Ia mi ou+
oDO n1orS acraS in came
m. pecar tree hoyvave, like ev-a,.y Other.
trae has its enemies which ono mist f,rht
If , oarson ,visbns 10 mo sI,.rasefI,I .rJ if !
.,,,,-.,,, .bi,1-, IT. OH 90, -. g. 10 =; =.