The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-22
PECAN CULTERE.
How To Secure Good Trees At Small
Expense.

IECAN CULlt RE,
How To Secure Good Trees At Il Small
Expense.
Home and Farm.
This is Just the season for the farmer
to think of the future. Let him then
think Of the pecan. The pecan Is the nut
for the South. 1t is the most promising
thing 1 know OF, and win do more for
these interested In it than anything else
that can think of. 1t is truly big
thing for us, and its possibility mark the
word) is so great, were | to state ii !
HoLid be naming what popular horti-
cultural paper terms unreasonable profits
for nuts" it does not seem unrea soma BILE,
ana but few people expect all of the pos
sbility.
] snail be comfortable with % per cent
of il, our people should plant tie pecan
it costs so little. ana once started will take
care of itself. They need no protection.
Cattle will not bite them, ana hogs will
not root them up; they are hardy, and
WAen once rooted they are hard 10 kin
If cut down they are apt to spring M
,tsain from the stump OF root. am told
thdt lnHy are native only of our country.
/ iltre they grow luNurantly from the Rio
Gran1e way north
! hear of fine specimen now standing
near Dover. Del. and In Missouri | learn
There are valuable Varieties OF this nut
In lay own State there are many trees
some Of which bear as much as $40 pounds
J., seems to do best I'm soft, alluvial soil,
but the best nuts have seen came from
trees sFoElus upon a sand hill, the soil of
which loOhCd too poor to sprout wire grass
bul the pecan does not depend altogether
on Inc surface soil. II has long tap root
mat II sends down beyond where man has
ever stirred the ground aud where no other
vegetation has exhausted the plant food.
10 an ambitious, hustling young man a
one or tWo-year-old pecan orchard looks
llh" q poor dependence, but after the trees
get two years old, II he viii just give them
enough attention to keep the surrounding
SInMth from choking them out they viii
kIoW ON, ana III a Few years morn begin
10 reward him for his attention.
,dhhoy are sraeetul, pretty. trees, and
MAKE make me shade trees for the yard, the
aeiEnt OF from seventy-tive to one hun
Ar ieet with a metrical, graceful
They commence bearing generally about
years, Of age, but are not considered
nroutafle before 10, when they stop bear
M Is not known. They live to u good
o!a ase, aud have been unable to learn
Oh one dying OF Old age
J. ne varieties of the pecan nut are as
ar a ann rs Inc h, yeriey Of the peach, pear
thing as the best and the best embraces
many superior qualities. The nut OF COM
m soer Is small hard shell affair, that is
sSaTceiy apt to build a reputation for
.He pecan. Eut the large, paper shell nuts
That are. sold now at exorbitant prices
eSolusiNely for seed, is far different, and
IN getting your seed II is important that
you get the best. for the Investment is
p rnanSnt and not in the lifetime of the
planter or an orchard viii 1t be changed
:. ~ no more trouble or expense to look
alter ana care for supe rior tree than
an interior one. ! said before that they
WOULD grow II once started, but you will
ton ~
~ rhe pecan does not reproduce itself and
we Only sure way Of getting Just what
you want IS by grating or buddlnE which
nhS proved 50 unsuccessful and unproft-
ahle an undertaking with nursery men
That II has almost been abandoned, and
PEI cent true.
Ihey are wrong in that. but the man
WNo wants the best will DO well TO plant
we best nuts, and though the yield will
cases he as good
There are rnauy points to be considered
~ selecting the best. Taste-for the nuts
amron almost any, tree has It's distinct In
ulN lGual laste-Ghape and size. for 1t Is
nuts Just alike
Ihinness Of shell--this Is also impor-
tant-some can be crushed In the hand.