The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-28
Some Hints on Profitable Pecan
Growing.

Selection of Land.-This Is of first
Importance. for, no matter how careful
one may be in the selection of trees.
after treatment, ETC., unless the soil is
suitable all his efforts will be fruitless.
writes d. L. Pierson in Farmer and
Fruit Grower.
Don't be so foolish as to plant pe-
can trees on old, WORKOUT land think
ing to bring it up and the trees into
bearing by fedtilizer and care Plant
a pecan grove on the very best land
you have or can get.
If possible, choose a medium ham,
mock that from which hickory trees
have been cleared being the best nat
urally moist, but not low and wet, as
the pecan will not thrive on land where
water stands any length of time. Good
high pine land that yield a good crop
of corn will answer
The land should be deeply plowed and
SUBSIDIZED and well narrowed some time
before trees are to be planted, that
soil may settle.
If you intend planting trees of your
own growing they should grow a year
or two in'nursery row, then be grated
or budded and allowed to grow another
year in nursery. when they are ready
lOA PloiibiHS III SIONCA L WOulu NOT
plant the nuts in the field where trees
are wanted, as they will not receive the
care they require to make them grow
thriftily, and it is my judgment that a
transplanted tree will, as rule, have
a better shaped top naturally than
one not transplanted.
= If you intend buying the trees from
a nursery, select a concern you can
trust to deal honestly with you, and
If possible get sample nuts of the va
rieties offered that you may know what
you are planting, supposing, of course
that you will plant nothing but grated
or budded trees, and If you plant seed
lings, it is, of course, much better to
use trees grown from choice seed. 1t
is we'll to combine the following good
qualities in the varieties selected, if
possible: Large size, good flavor. full
meat, prolificness and thin she'll. While
there seems now to be a, great demand
for very large nuts, II is my judgment
that in the near future a medium
sized nut combining the other qualities
mentioned will be the main market
nut: though as in other fruits, think
that in planting commercial grove 1t
is advisable to plant several varieties.
that we may suit all tastes. Trees
bearing the smaller sized nuts are rhe
more prolific as a rule. Plant grated
or budded trees, for you then know
what they will bear. You will get re-
turns from your trees sooner. and in
planting seedlings you wait several
years to find out that fully two-thirds
OF the trees bear small, worthless nuts,
and scarcely two trees bearing the
same kind OF nuts. Sorry to say
have sample OF this on my own
grounds.
The best time 10 plant the trees is
during December and January, that
they may have the full benefit OF spring
rains and become well established be-
fore dry hot weather. Dig the holes
one and a half 20 two feet across and
two feet deep. and forty 10 fifty feet
apart each way; thoroughly mix a
good handful OF complete fertilizer or
n sh0veiful OF well rotted stable ma.
nure or compost, with the soil thrown
out now cut back the main or tap root
~ the tree 30 eighteen inches IN length.
being careful that the roots DO not get