The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-07

N0~~~ 49, S0s FCSaA kA0NCo AO0 Will
plant fortunes, and leave to their memory a
monument Of far greater value TO the COM
ing generations than the costliest shaft of
marble.
A great many people have set out pecan
trees transplanted from nurseries, which
will bring to them Disappointment The
nurserymen have sold them, having no
knowledge Of their popularity In trans
planting, supposing the pecan would sue
coed as well as any ordinary growth of
trees. The pecan grows long tap root
which must not be disturbed. Like the wall
nut and hickory, which belong to the same
family, the first work OF growth is the for
nation Of the tap root. which is the life of
the tree. When the young tree is eight
inches high the tap root has gone down
almost two feet and is at one foot from the
surface larger than at the top Of the
ground.
The result is that you attempt to remove
the young tree you cut, or injure the tap
and your Jransplanted tree " i'll lead sickly
life, and be Of little or no account
Pecan trees have been taken up which
were transplanted seven years before, and
not a semblance of a tap root found, while
pecan trees planted from the nut when the
tree remained planted three years later were
growing well and much larger and good
bearers
In California pecan trees which were
transplanted ten years ago do nos bear a
pecan, while trees planted from the nut are
giving very satisfactory results.
In the article referred to above, written
by Mr. T. II. Thomson, he says the pecan
trees attacked by insects are transplanted
trees. IL is possible, because of their slow
and sickly growth. Now at seven years OF
ago they are more liable to attack by in
scots than would the pecan trees planted
from the nuts. The vigorous pecan has
bitter, acrld. punRent sap, which is noticea-
bic, both in taste and smell. which repels
Insects, and, SO far as obser we'd, the pecan
walnut and hickory trees are free from the
usual depredations Of insects.
Here in the home of the pecan we have no
insects which depredate on the trees which
are worth consideration. Sometimes cater
pillars will web up small space. eat of a
few twigs and die, with no harm but the
unsightliness of the tree.
The first insect trouble Mr.. Thomson
speaks of is that Of the beetle or borer,
whose scientific name is cylleneplcta. They
are much the same as are found In the
peach, the locust and similar trees, being
about hall an inch long.
This beetle deposits eggs upon the outer
O@A VI Sho tbO carly al Luo SpEluR, duQ
week later the borers are Matched and COM
mence their work. The remedy is to give
the trunks OF the trees agood spraying with
diluted solution of arsenic early in the
spring. The young borers getting dose of
this would not give trouble long.
The second pest Of which he speaks is the
twig girdler, and known to etymologists as
onctderes cinguldtuS.
This is grsylsh brown beetle about
he Ne f~ot a.,
into the tree, select twig, pierce it and
deposits their eggs. These eggs hatch little
grubs which work along to the pith Of the
twigs but it is necessary for them TO come
out and go into the ground before they can
pass through their Transformation aud be-
come perfect beetles like the parent.
After the parent has deposited her eggs in
the twig, she descends a few inches and with
her bill begins giydling it round and round.
She does this work at night. When COM
pleted the twig is almost cut of, just wood
enough bong left to enable it to hang on
until fall, when the grubs are ready to go
into the ground. The fall winds break off
the twigs at the girdle and they fall, the
grubs come out. dig into the soil and undergo
their transformation.
The only damage these borers do is to
prune the tree, some growers claiming it to
be beneficial. The work is scattered over the
Owing. as before stated, to the bitter acrid
taste OF the bark aud sap of the pecan,
there is no American tree known which so
nearly is entirely exempt from disease and
from serious insect ravages as Is the pecan.
Should any insect appear on them they are
easily destroyed by the use Of insect powders
used on other trees.
There Is no tree grown which promises
such grand results as the pecan planted in
groves. The cost of planting is small their
care inexpensive, making beautiful shade,
symmetrical and of dark green leaves. which
hang on the trees long after other trees have
shed their covering.
Cutivating the pecan gives them rapid
growth. 80 that they should bear as much
fruit at four years as do the wild trees at six
years. The value of the pecan as a wealth
producer can be appreciated when | say
we have single pecan trees here worth over
$500 each, because they earn their owner
over $50p annum-a good 10 per cent. in
vestment. Some trees have run as high as
$50 year in earnings, with pecans at low
prices.
IL the wild pecan, which has never had an
hours attention, will earn such sums what
may we not reasonably expect from Guilt
waited trees.
The mon who plant trees this year may
confidently expect to get large prices for
the product for years after the trees come
into bearing, as homegrown nuts would
always have preference over others.
Should Georgia plant 10,000, 900 of pecan
trees during 1892 the product would cut a
very small figure in the amount wanted and
consumed.
The county of Los Angeles, California.
has by actual count over 100000 of
orange, lemon and nut trees in bearing and
about ready to bear, and yet if we want a
dozen of oranges or lemons we do not see
that we get them any less than we did years
ago.
No tree known bias longer productive life
than the pecan which lives TO the age Of 800
years. and bearing during their lifetime.
Pardon me if / have taken too much val
liable space in your paper, but l trust the
article will fully answer Mr.. Thomson's
questions, and prove of interest to others
who read your paper aud desire information
upon the same oject. HERBERT Posi-.
Fort Worth, Tea.
Cabbage Culture,