The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-20

a pecan tree will transplant as well
as any. Dut that is not the question
most interest growers. The
question Is will the transplanted tree be
success as nut bearer?
our reply is. no and the testimony of
our most experienced growers is that
.ne zap root or the pecan, once cut or
injured the substantial life of the tree
Is gone, and there is no use expecting a
ffuitrui tree. This is no doubt the rea-
soh why SO many pecan trees trans
Pianted from nursery fail to bear. and
the conclusion with many. Is that thew
are not a success. No doubt the nur
serymen believed they were all right
when transplanted. the same as other
trees, whose roots lie near the surface.
experiences of later years has proved
that transplanted pecan tree will grow
nicely and make beautiful shade tree.
but failures as nut bearers,
The cheapest, safest and best way is
to plant the nut where the tree is to
stand, and when once we'll grown will
be money Garner for hundreds of wears.
They are especially valuable for wind
brakes as they rarely ever blow down.
unaffected by drouth, wide spreading
and tall. They do not blossom as early
IN the spring as many other trees. and
thus they avoid the early frosts so often
disastrous to other fruits. They hold
their foliage late in the fall long after
other trees have shed their leaves.
Their freedom from insect depreda-
tion is worthy of note. While catapll-
lars may be upon them and web, vet
they do little or no harm, as the bitter
acrid taste of the leaves and sap repel
them and they seek other homes.
A late discovery by accident, Or rather
by observation, has developed a new
process Of planting, which will bring
the trees into as profitable bearing
in SIX years, as planting by the ordi-
nary method will in ten.
BY inserting a stick of dynamite to
the depth of eight feet and exploding
same. the ground to the surface and a
diameter of four to six feet is thoroughly
pulverized. There being no hard soil to
prevent the growth, the roots go down
rapidly, and soon the pecan appears
above ground, and make rapid growth
correspondingly as fast as below.
When a pecan tree becomes we'll
rooted its profitable growth is assured.
especially SO when above process is used
for planting. This is especially so if you
can plant pecans where they do not
have to go too deep for moisture.
For bringing the unused bottom lands
along streams all over our land, into
profitable earnings the pecan has no
equal. Such lands well set in pecan
trees when only six years old, make
every acre worth from $4,000 to ST.
100000 per acre counting only small
earnings.
don't say you can sell at these prices,
but they will earn you good ten per
cent on their valuations, and you can
not afford to sell at that price ii you
could No surer foundation for crea-
ton of wealth can be found, on the
cost of the investment. Not only the
acres in the grove are valuable but every
acre of the farm containing the grove
increases their valve rapidly.
When by planting so to 100 acres of a
farm in fruit and nut producing trees
man will make his lands earn him from
800. 90 to 10000 annually, it looks like
great folly to plant everything in cotton
at dead loss year after year.
panies will be formed for buying up
these low lands, (for song) and plant
large groves of 500 to 1000 acres in Pc
cans. an investment which will give in
comes of hundreds of thousands Of dol
lars annually with increases for years to
come.
The cultivation of the pecan does not
come under the head of fancy farming.
1t is legitimate industry which can be
carried on without in the least interfer-
ing, with ordinary farm work. but can
be relied upon to do its full share in
oarninO money for the family Deyel-
opments indicate wonderful interest
in this industry, which will add millions
to the IN oney crops of the country.
HERBERT POST,
Fort Worth, Texas.