The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-19

ing them in when two or three years old,
and pruning the lateral limbs, the trees
can easily be shaped somewhat of the
form of goblet and bear twenty or TWEEN
ty-f1Ve years before it would become nee
essary TO cut away any of the trees be-
cause of nearness to each other The
healing OF the trees tends to dwarf the
trees having many advantages over the
wider planting. Where the trees are equal
distance apart, same age, same hight no
doubt but what they will bear heavier
crops, as the pollen is more apt to be bet
ter distributed than is the case in the for
est, where both hight and distances are
much greater.
To show that the pecan can be dwarfed
we find that such pecan trees were found
IN Texas many years ago. From Nut In
dustry in the United States" we obtain
the following:
In 1858 John LeConte presented before
the Academy of Natural Sciences in Phil
adelphia unique pecan, which he named
Htcoria TeXana, and of which he said the
habit was to grow ten or twelve feet
high He also says: This species OF
Hicoria which | found cultivated in Geor-
gia is native of the state of Texas. The
small altitude it attains the later period
OF its foliation and the very different form
of nut readily distinguishes it from ev-
cry other hitherto described. The tree is
about ten feet high, leaves thirteen inches
long, frequently rather over than under
this measurement. 1t differs from
the common pecan in being a much small
Ter tree, seldom being more than ten or
twelve feet high, while the other reaches
eighty to ninety feet. The leaves of the
latter are fully formed before the dwarf
species shows the least sign of foliation."
Many of our most experienced tree grow
ers are more and more in favor of dwarf
ing the fruit trees, as this enables closer
planting, and, of course, more profitable
to the grower. Says a pecan grower of
this state: The fullest successes 1 have
seen have been attained by treating the
pecan absolutely as fruit tree from seed
to harvest. No more costly mistakes have
l made than in trying to follow nature in
raising the pecan. Every agricultural
success has been achieved by overcoming
natures efforts 20 defeat it,
Planting as We propose gives abundant
opportunity for the growing of many kinds
of crops between the trees until they be-
come so large as to produce too much
shade. The cultivation of which is OF
material benefit to the trees and will bring
them into bearing at six years of age
and with profit when eight years old. The
pecan occasionally bears a few nuts at an
early age. A tree OH place near Austin
bore two perfect nuts at two years old
from the seed. The richer the soil the
sooner they will bear fruit. Plant only
the best. No matter what they cost for
even at a high price would not cost as
much as the more common fruit orchards.
Only the larger sizes will be in greatest
demand in the future for table use with
rapidly increasing consumption.
Such pecan should readily sell at 25 cents
per pound counting a low price, At that
price as soon as your trees bear fruit 20
pounds of nuts on an average, means earn
ings of s. per tree or for 126 trees $500 per
acre. Trees planted 40 feet apart or q feet
to the acre, at same estimates would earn
$135 per acre. Reduce the earnings to 81 per
tree, and then the net profit exceeds any
of the ordinary farm crops. An excellent
preparation for the pecan grove is to plant
the fall or spring previous from 10 to Is
pounds of crimson clover per acre and
pillow it under before time of planting
spring crops 1t is said to improve the
soil more than red clover or even COW peas
containing in one acre nitrogen which
could not be bought for $50 or equal TO
twenty tons of manure.
1t is said the pecan CRAFTS well on the
hickory Many experiments are now being
made in budding and grating, which hope
fully will be successful
There is a grand future before us in the
growing of nut groves, for every year
more and more nuts are used for food as
they furnish a greater nutritive value than
do fruits which have a fleshy covering and
more nearly approach the grains in food
value, and more valuable as staple arti-
cles of diet Not being Of the perishable
class of fruits, nuts can he kept and sold
at the pleasure of the grower