The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-14
WEALTH IN GROWING PEAcANS.
Profitable Crop, at M Cost to Produce
ard N Not Sold in Futures. -

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In the Southern States must turn their
attention to something else than grew.
ing Eve cent cotton.
farm In the South at a very low cost
and with very great profit If the right
kinds of trees are planted, and not In
terfere With the ordinary crops.
While in Florida and California for
the past ten years there has been a
large increase in the planting of orange
and lemons they have neglected the
nut trees which in California pay larger
profits than the citron fruits have
earned. In California the Eoglish
walnut, the almond, the prune, the diff.
ferent kinds of plums, the cherry, the
apricot, the necCarine, have all paid
better than the orange and the lemon.
While these fruits and nuts are con
fined to a small territory of growth,
the Texas thin she'll pecan can be
grown in every State in the Union.
Oftbe same fs mily Of the Dlack wal.
nut and hickory, the pecan can be
grown wherever they can and with
greater profit than any other nut.
Wherever the pecan has found a mar.
ket they are universally liked and are
q. favorite nut with everybody. Grow.
ing only on this continent they are but
little known In other lands-so the
Ualted States has the world for their
market. Because ia their wild state
they are found more abundantly along
the streams 1t does not follow that they
can only grow there. So far with few
exceptions, nature has done the plant.
ing, not man, but since man, has under
taken it, it bas been abundantly shown
that they can be grown In any good soil
where other trees are grown, and cul.
tivation of the ground In growing
other crops ON same land brings for
ward the pecan trees with rapid growth
bringing them into bearing IN six
years from the planting of the nut.
Because it has taken the wild tree so
long to come into successful bearing
the impression has been had that man
must wait that long after planting to
get any benefit of his labor.
Such is not the case where groves
are planted, and the ground cultivated,
year after year. Commencing to bear
at six years of age at eight they make
good earnings, continuing to increase
until the trees are thirty years old and
bear crops for hundreds Of years. The
pecan and the olive are among the old.
est nut producing trees of the world
and both very profitable to grow.
While the raising of the olive Is limit
ed 30 far as climate and soil Is concern
Ell the expense Of preparing the oil for
market is very great.
With the pecan, the cost after the
trees begin to bear Is the gathering,
which is but fun for the youngsters.
A good fair sized pecan nut sells In
most markets at retail from 15 to 25
cents per pound. At ten years Of age
the pecan should bear at least fifty
pounds Of nuts, which at only 10 cents
per pound gives earnings of $5 per tree
or S3O5 per acre. At only cents per
pound your earning are $91 30 per acre.
When your trees begin to bear 100
pounds per tree and the nut selling at
10 cents pound. 1t means earnings of
S61O per acre q fortune In few acres
We have named the prices of market
nuts so far only. Planting the best
nut, only Of the tnin shell variety, your
product will sell for seed for years to
come and at your own prices, for Texas
cannot supply the demand after people
learn their value. You can buy the
best pecans of the Texas Pecan and
Seed Company, at 81 per pound or So
per acre, and when you plant them you
plant a fortune.
1t Is unfortunate that 80 many have
planted peacan trees with tie tap root
cut. This must not be done If you ex.
pect fruitful trees. They wilt grow and
make good shade trees, but the owner
will be disappointed when they come to
bear. Either plant the nut where the
tree Is to stand or remove the roots I'M.
broken, or unimpared from the nursery
to the place Of permanent growth. We
are aware that some say we are mistak.
en-, but experience has shown that
what I say is the safe way.
Some parties have asked about graft
ing and budding. We reply, we don't
know that 1t has been done sue.
cessfully, yet it may be, but that has
yet to be tried.
We recommend plan by which the
nuts are first bedded, and the trees then
transplanted with perfect safety, an
excellent plan, cheaper and better per-
haps than any other plan:
Here Is an industry costing little to
begin with, life time incomes, large
proftse no risks, which can be accom-.
plished on very small areas of land, ten
acres earning fortune annually.
1t cost but little to investigate and
see whether 1t pays or not.
The crop Of seed pecans is good and
this ls an exceptionally good year to
plant. HEBERT PosT.
Adls1 EXPLAINS It.