St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-01-11
TRANSFORMING THE Pc
CAN TREE.
CUTTING THE TAP-ROOr.

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The question is, which is best, 10
plant the nut where you want The
tree to stan in the grove, or trans
plant the tree from the nursery. BIZ
it graft Or seeding, at til. age Of
from one 10 three years old?
One seed merchant, " 0 has Pc
ca" nuts for So in Texas, is the
only one we believe. who has made
the assertion that cutting the tap
root Injuries OF destroys the bearing
qualities Of the tree. Such an un-
warranted assertion stands in need
Of correcti N, insomuch as there
is not shadow Of truth in it, and
It is liable to do great injury to this
very impo tant industry, which, 10
budding into one of gr a. promise
throughout our Southland. We
have the evidence t. a. transplanted
Pecan trees with tap root cut,
do bear BITTER and earlier thar,
thOee that are not SO transplanted
aud are allowed to grow to full
size where tue nut was p,ante J..
Col. H K. Stuart, the head Of the
Stuart Pecan Co.. had the tap root
Of all his trees cut and transplant
ed. Mrs. Maria Thompson of
Scranton, this state, has trees trans
planted at three years Of age, that
are now loaded with nuts, and some
Of the limbs are break ng. Mr..
Delmart Of the same place has q
line bearing grove Of transplante
trees. All v getable plants, 8 .ch as
cabbage, celery, etc., will grow
faster and to a much greater size il
traDsplanted than otherwise. The
reasons are obvious, when locke
into. At the esd where the root
are cut severa n " rOnts come on,
where there was only one before,
and grow with more vigor and are
able to bring in more food to the
parent stem than the one root
which was severed, possibly could.
Nature Knows her business too well
to be thu arted in her fruit hesri g
efforts. With the Pecan tree .
new root G mes out to take the place
Of the tap root as soon MS cut usu.
ally two or more. We call youi
attention to the accompany & Gu,
which shows = ph Geographic view oi
two Pecan trees, which had theis
tap-roDt cut during the first veal
of their existance from the nut.
This is p .sitive evidence. TIE
view shows where the root was cut,
also that one Of the trees has thrown
out one, AID the other two tap.
rOCls; such we believe to be in.
var,bly the case.
One gentleman writes that oil
twelve trees purchase from US five
years ago. the one b wing the short.
est root has made the best growth.
Our orchard of fifteen hun bred trees
taken up on, of our nursery and sc,
out show that every. one oft,em has
made new tap.r0ot. there is nc
end 10 the violence in this line from
81 quarters and we have yet to Re.
cord 4 single failure from the thou.
sands trees which we have sid,
which c0nvinces US that 1t 10 null
better to ira splant the tree when
one to thee years old than to have
it mature directly from the seed
without transplan,ing.
The principal feature Of the rails
ing If Peca. is the prof able fruit.
age, and the object Of u cultivate
Pecan richard is to get the best W.
rieties It soft shell nuts and tt es.
1t Is demonstrated without doubt
that the traasplantcd trees cs,me in.
tO beari,.g much earlier. We lave
il our nursery, trees Of only SIX
years growth that had a few nuts
but the, have had our personal care
and must have generous coils. The
care ana attention paid to Young
trees, will be richly rewarded in
their growth. Pecan culture is in
its infancy to-day, an: will max.
rapid advancement In the mext s,x
years. There is no danger OF ovsl
production. The man vino plants
y Pecan grove now understandings,
will not only reap the reward in
person but will leave q legacy Ia
those who succeed him. Verv fw
realize the fact that each years
growth of a Pecan orchard s,lds =
large per cent to the value Of his
property, and one that will pay bet
ter aud is more sure than stocks OF
bonds, fever SO promising. the
best results can only be had by
planting the best var cites nd by
thorough, cul ivation Will the trees
are young. stuart PECAN Co.
o. can Springs, Miss.
w. n. Miller. = miner living IN