The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-10-11
Wednesday, Oct. II, 1898.
WHEN TO RESET A TREE.

WHEN TO RESET A TREE.
The Pecan and the Hickory Should
Not be Reset-The Ordinary Tree
should be Transplanted In the
Spring OF the Year.
Considerable attention is now being given
in South Carolina to the cultivation or pecan
trees This has long been profitable indus
try in Texas, and there Is no reason why II
cannot be made to pay In Georgia. There are
some fine specimens OF the pecan in the mid
die and southern portions OF this state. and
many more will be planted when our farmers
learn the value to this state. It has been a
question whether pecans can he transplanted
and still bear fruit. Mr.. Herbert Post, ol
Texas, recently wrote letter to the Southern
Cultivator in which he contepded that trans
trees, but would not produce nuts. Mr.. Post
says; ,o.oo.. ,,;,,, ,,- .o,rs
and obtained the opinion of the bestinformed
growers and others who have Investigated
the subject, and the weight of testimony is
that when you once destroy the tap root OF
qualities Of the tree"
Professor j. s. Newman, OF the South Caro-
lima Ex pertinent Station, who Is we'll known
in Georgia as both a learned and practical
Ill.
writes TO South Carolina farmer as follows :
Fort Hill. 8. c., Sept. 7. 1893.
"Dear Sir: Your letter of September re-
oeiyed From ny own observation am hv aSie
Herbert Post in regard 10 the bearing quail.
ties OF the pecan tree are not worthy OF any
credence whatever. 7 haye known pecan
ed, to bear abundant and profitable crop. and
anyone who has any knowledge Of the pro-
cess OF traDspanting must know that the tap
roots were mutilated in greater or less ex;
by any such unwarranted statements.
. OF course the cultivation Of the pecan will
be much easier # Professor SS Newmap's theory
ion on such subjects and In this instance 1t Is
expressed with strong mphasis.-Atlanta
Evening Journal.
An exchange says October Is the best time
for planting shade trees. II you have none in
out next month. They will add beauty and
comfort TO your home.-Anderson Intelli-
gencer.
The only reason that the Press and Banner
can find for asserting that the Fall season is
the suitable time for transplanting trees lies
in the fact that the assertion is found in the
nursery catalogues. The reason the nursery
catalogues 80 assert Is based on the fact that
the people have more money In November
than any other month. and are better able to
buy the young trees then than at any other
time.
II nursery men waited until Spring to sell
their trees they would have few customers
The Spring time Is the most suitable time
10 transplant trees. After the trunk Of the
tree has drawn some nourishment from earth,
and when the buds have begun to SWELL is
the proper time.
According to the seasons March or April Is
the best time. Ir the top is reduced IN pro.
portion TO the reduction in the roots. and II
the ordinary tree Is placed in the ground with
reasonable care, and a plenty OF water is
poured on to settle the earth around the
roots and a slight depression is left around
the tree, there 10 little danger Of transplant
ing. The. earth should not be hilled up
around the tree, 30 az to run or the water
that may fall.
AS TO THE PECAN TREE.
The testimony which the Press ard Banner
gets about the pecan is varying. One re-
port is that Mr.. John D. Cochran, Of Hodges,
in this county, bought five hundred young
pecan trees, and set them out, that they have
been growing nicely for four or five years.
But the testimony OF those citizens at Ab-
beville who have had experience with the
pecan Is In conflict with the position taken
by Professor Newman.
In lSA5, Hiram w. Lawson, went from this
place 70 Augusta, and there bought quaint
lily OF pecan nuts. and brought them home
with him. They were the first that had ever
been seen in the village. and were som ewhat
curiosity. Two OF these nuts were planted
on the lot then owned by James Shillito, but
LEX snd aps w. Wilson From ls The NJ nuts t.
20 planted two little bushes grew. Being
close together Mrs. Shillito had one OF them
moved and 1t died.
The other is still living, It's spreading
branches giving delightful shade, and furnish
ing every year many bushels OF the finest pa-
per shell nuts. Hundreds OF little trees have
sprung from the. fallen nuts, and hundreds
different paris OF the county, but as far az
we can learn, only two or three Of them lived
after being reset.
From some Of the nuts OF the parent tree
other trees have grown and are now bearing
fruit-one Of the Trees being as large as the
original tree.
o6 g highly 5sD that she says she would no, take
Irs. W. D. Wilson says she thinks her big
tree is worth more than Mrs. Links.
Mrs. j. w. Sign has several pecan trees on
her lot. One was transpanted by her moth
er, who has been dead more than ten years.
It is now mere sprig, being about eight or
has one large tree, which has been bearing for
three years. She says money couldn't buy
1t.
On Mrs. Links and Mrs. Wilson's lots are
many young trees, some bearing, others being
too young. These all grew In the original
places from the nuts from which they sprung.
The testimony Of these ladies and OF Mrs.
Lawson is, that IL is better 10 plant the nut
where 1t Is desired the tree should grow.
They say that resetting the tree gives IL q
stances TO get 1t to live at all. A tree from
the nut will produce fruit years sooner than
q transplanted tree.
Col. J. T. Robertson Of our town has had
some experience with trees, and his opinion
also differs from that Of Professor Newman.
He believes that none OF the hickory species
will bear II the tap root is destroyed, and 1t is
next TO lmpossioility to remove such trees
Mrs. Wilson says that the tap root goes
down to "never," and three men couldn't dig
mp q little pecan In half O day, and reset 1t
50 that II would live; Tae nole s from which
The value Of the pecan tree may be esti-
mated when 1t is stated that one large tree
will produce many bushels, and that the nuts
retail at sl:5o pound; POI In; y, ,n,s ,o,n,rv ro 70
vorable to Its growth. The trees are hardy.
sight, furnishing delightful shade. and yield
ing much profit. For the first few years they
grow very little, but when little older, they
lake on rapid and vigorous growth under
favorable conditions-rich soil and sunshine.
II anybody would plant an orchard he
can do so on the cultivated land, without In
are older they might claim the land.
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