The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-12

in price and within the past ten years
these large soft-shell kind have been
improved to such an extent that some
of the largest and best favored bring
fancy prices for seed.
A few years ago by persistent adver-
Using l obtained some of the finest
nuts known, grown on isolated trees,
very fine flavor and thin shell. the best
of these nuts went about twenty-five
to the pound. / planted only the best
and have one of the finest bearing
groves of the country and with proper
care have made some of them bear at
your years of age. This, will explain,
is by using potash as follows: To every
ten trees you set, use one box of Star
I've or potash, putting ten gallons of
water to the box and putting one gal
Ion around each tree as it is set. The
following spring use potash water the
same way, except take an iron rod and
make several holes around the tree
about two feet deep and from one to
three feet from the tree and fill up
these holes with the water. using about
a gallon to each tree. This does not
cost over l cent per tree and the sec
ond year will make such growth as
will send the tap root very deep, and
after this ii will fertilize itself, and in
four to six years they will be very large
bearing trees. three times the size that
can be made from any other source of
fertilization, and as the size of the pc
can has most to do with the bearing
than the age, at six years old your
grove will yield at least fifty pounds
to the three, which should be set 40x4O
feet, twenty-seven to the acre, and
these, at 20 cents per pound, would be
$270 per acre, at nine years old, ESQ
pounds to three (mine does). would be
at 20 cents per pound, $3.50 per acre,
but this is the ordinary market price
for commercial pecans of good size and
mine are at least four times the size
of any of these, and l readily get $3.50
per pound for all l raise. These fig-
ures are true, and any land that will
grow anything else will grow fine pc
cans and right here around Savannah
and pretty much all over Chatham and
adjoining counties. l have seen fine
trees, mostly the common kind. but it
shows what can be done with the inn
proved kind that command your own
price. The nut and Bermuda grass
lands are fine for pecans, and they do
not interfere with any ordinary farm
crops for several years. man can
put out ten acres of the improved kind
for about $50 and in few years it will
pay several hundred per cent. profit,
and will be source of profit for ages
We have only the South and South
west to grow pecans in and the whole
world for our market, and they do not
have to be rushed on the market as
does fruit. They have no disease, are
no trouble but to pick up the nuts,
barrel and ship and no trouble to get
fancy prices for fancy nuts, l think l
have the finest pecans in the world;
have sent for all the large pecans ad-
vertised and none come near equaling
mine in size and quality. l am set
ting large orchards. and if any man
really wants to help his family and
those who will come after him, l will
be glad to give them all the informa-
ton l can, if he will send stamped en-
velope. 1 don't mind the time of writ
ing, but inquirers will please pay post
age.
The owner of a bearing pecan orch
ard has a certainty of an income not
affected by bad crops of grain or cot
ton trusts, wet or dry weather. /
know of one tree of a very good COM
mercial quality wild nut that brings
the owner $75 per year. 1t is II years
old, and he says it has borne fine for
six years. l asked him why he did
not set out a large orchard at some
time: said he never thought the profit
so great; but if he had he would now
have a larger income than the high
est-salaried officer of the state of Geor
gia and later / received a, letter from
him stating he had procured 1000 nice
one year trees where l had advised him
to get them. and that they were grow
ing nicely fortified with potash. The
agricultural department has issued a
book, Nut Culture in the United
States" and strongly advises setting
orchards of the improved pecans. as
the cheapest trees to start with, that
yield sure large income with so little
trouble.
write this article simply for the ben
eft of land owners who are struggling
for an existence for their family and
an education for their children. Plant
pecans and have something surer than
a bank account, insurance policy and
that God protects while you sleep.
James L. Anders.
Savannah, Ga.