The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-11
r-,rroved Pecan Crlture.

Improved Pecan Culture.
Hov t3w of the old residents Of Texas
mo were accustomed to cut down the
-e3sa trees in the fall to gather the nuts
sv.- dreamed Of the wealth in the simple
2.:an.
Br- 50 - is. ard with many Other thing
-h.ch become perhaps so abundant are
sought but little OF until the time comes
t5r the development The consumption OF
mis- for food in various forms is much
5syond the comprehension Of most people
sryas rapidly increasing as is the supply
So great has become the nut Industry in
The United States tho department Of
agriculture at Washington is becoming
interested and advising the culture Of nuts
+,r food They especially recommend the
rowing Of the Texas thin shell pecan,
which IS already the most popular nut
grown in The United States. but as yet
u,.le known in other countries.
This nut above all others, is recommend.
Cd for dyspept.cs. who have found it bene
4ciai
They have 50 much to recommend them
that but few appreciate their great value
is a money Garner. costing but iiltle to
slant little or no care or risk; never in
ilred by the cold weather of winter; sure
bearers and always in demand.
The nuts are long keepers, and the
grower has a year in which to market
his CROP Il he desires, which is a great
-drant4ge over most tree products.
The late disastrous freezes in Florida,
the small profit the Californians receive
On The orange crop. is leading many to
look after some Industry which has not
the risks and loss so often met with in
the growing of the citrus fruits
Unlike the orange industry, which is
limited in territory the pecan can be
-rowu in every state In the union where
hickory or black walnut win grow.
cultivation increases their value in
many ways, larger, thinner shell. more
abundant than the forest growth in their
annual yield, making a handsome orch
ara uee as grown by the most approved
method. which is largely adopted by the
California tree growers, who fully un-
d4rs and how to gel the greatest income
rom an acre Of land in uee growth.
Ass the pecan so rapidly adds value to
z farm or home place, ii IS desirable to
81 as many trees as possible Oh an acre,
ar The same time unsafe TO crowd the
trees.
In a dry climate planting twenty feet
each WY will contain 100 trees, yet II
NAV be made to contain 10 trees, each
twenty feet apart by the following plan:
This is known as the eqUitateral triangle
method, the gain over the square method
Dsius obtained by laying off the ground
30 rows ten feet apart one way by seven
teen feet four inches the other, planting
IN the alternate crossings or one each end
cl one Diagonal of the resulting parallelo-
gran.
This can Just as well be applied to pecan
trees as any thing. BY heading in the
young pecan tee they can be made to as
Do gba nd ~
making it much easier also to gather the
crops BY pursuing this plan the trees
VIII give royal earnings for twenty or
twenty-five years before necessary to cut
any Of the trees away, and maybe no
then.
All this time crops can be grown be-
tween the trees profitably, the cuItiva-
u-n Of which benefits the trees. Having
III mind the forest growth, we have here
t-ore recommended planting the pecan
i5A95 feet apart, which gives thirty-sl%
trees per acre With such distances it is
sate 10 add one in the center OF such square
making siXty-ons trees per acre.
but since we have become acquainted
7llh the plan adopted in California We
advise the same for planting pecans. As
We get earnings of so many more trees per
ac.a Tor generation we see no reason
Why We may not take the benefit Of it,
g n 9 4+-t 1T no FISK no llACIc1SpQ CObls buS
al IN favor Of largely Increased profit, es-
Qscially so when it is almost a sure
lang that those who plant this year viii
-9- tae.r own prices for their product for
Planting by their neighbors.
rive dollars per tree, when the trees
aE7 ten years Of age, is an underesu-
mats OF what they will earn. II will be
AeareI double that.
10 show the earnings of the pecan trees
planted oy the different methods we here
H+-a give comparisons. Counting the
alAgs at only I'VE dollars per tree, az
.SH they have been bearing for four years
,o5s1nlns at six 10 bcar), we have the
following results:
Planting S5x55. thirty-six trees, at s., $3.50
Per acre.
-Blant-ns 35x35, adding one in center, to /,
g, SO per acre.
.slanung 2oz2o. square method, 1o9. s..
s9iy PEI acre
O. .anlng 20x20, Eauilateral method, 126,
90, sboo Per acre.
DiVl3e The above earnings by four, and
so1 viii have an income greater than can
" obtained by any other investment Of
same ralUe.
LFery home place, every farm, would be
7-i7--led by a pecan grove, which can
- grown az very small cost. Rapidly in
.-eaS-ng the value Of the land as the
-ess get age, they add very materially
y ne annual income.
Herbert Post,
Fog, Worth. Tex.