The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-25
Notes on Pecan Culture.

We quote the following remarks from
Mr.. Herbert Post of Texas, than whom
there is no better authority on pecan oul-
ture. In private letter to the agricultural
editor he says: The term paper" shell is
misleading, and the proper terms are thin
| shell" and ''hard she'll" have seen the So
called paper she'll with the she'll thicker
than the thin she'll. Another reason do
not use the term is that it is the smallest
quantity that can be called paper shell, and
all have seen are small and not worth
growing.
A serious objection to growing the paper
she'll is that they are more liable to destruc-
ton by worms which bore into the shell
and destroy the kernel, beside the kernel
becomes ranc id and unfit for eating in half
the time the thin shell will.
The thin she'll Texas pecan is a favorite
where known and nothing will take its
place.
may be able this summer to find a
choicer nut than the above; If 80 my GUS
toners will get the benefit.
On page PIT OF the April Southern
| Farm your editor makes a mistake in ad-
vising the planting of pecan trees from a
nursery No doubt about their growing
and doing apparently well, but when once
cut OF destroyed the tap root will never
grow, and the life Of the tree is gone.
| In regard to the bearing early. parties
here have gathered from the wild tree only
three years, but say five in my circular to
be safe. Taking cost of the nuts to plant an
acre, their small cost of care, their earnings.
their bearing for generation, and l think
there is nothing grown that is so valuable
The English walnut is hardy. and can be
grown proitably any where in the southern
states. / am making arrangements for
supply of English walnuts Of the best va
rieties to be found in California, also Japan
fruits and nuts of best kinds. Also shall
handle the citron trifoliata, which proves
very hardy for the south. do not know of
any bearing English walnuts in Texas, but
they will be planted largely in the near flu
ture, doubt not.
I firmly believe this: That while thou
sands of parents are working hard to lay
up money for their children after they are
gone, nothing is more secure than planting
( a good pecan grove and entailing it if best.
A two years constant study OF the pecan
ONLY deepens my first impressions of its
value on the farm in every section. 1t Is
source Of health and wealth not equaled In
| every OLleT grown EuaL KNOW OIL
We have a tree here in Fort Worth that
ia about Is years old from which man told
| me he gathered a bushels of pecans last
| fall. At only 10 cents per pound, the income
would have been nearly $50.
Mr.. Post euforces one fact that our read
ers who are contemplating the establishing
of a grove must not lose sight of. The nut
must be planted right where the tree is to
grow so as to maintain the tap root undis-
turbed. We have no doubt it would be to
the interest Of those who have set out trees
from nursery to dig them up and throw
them away and start afresh with the fresh
nuts this fall or winter.
Apropos to the subject we quote the fol-
lowing remarks from the editor or the
Texas Farm and Ranch:
1.-THE pecan tree taken from q nursery
transplants as well as any tree we know of.
We have put them out often and never had
one to fail of living that we can now re-
member. But merely living after trans
planting Is not the question interesting the
pecan planter. The question is this: Will
a Young pecan tree do as well transplanted
from the nursery as one raised from seed
where il is to grow and never transplantedf
Our own experience and observations c0n-
vince us that it will not. We have taken
up trees years old after trsnsplanting and
found not a semblauce Of tap root to them,
and the pecan can never make a tree with
out q tap root. They had dwindled along
and made but sickly growth, while trees
on the same ground, raised from seed planted
where they grew, were vigorous and thrifty,
and though three years younger were much
larger than the transplanted trees.
''Of course, it is to the interest OF the
nurseryman to sell trees for transplanting,