Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-05

year-old budded stock for sale are just
simply perpetrating a fraud on the ig-
norant purchaser.
The process used in budding young
pecan trees Is quite different from that
usually employed in budding peaches. A
strip OF the bark about two inches long
has 70 be removed from the entire cir
conference of the young stock, and the
bud transferred from the tree on a strip
OF bark the same size ana length as that
originally removed from the young stock.
All the parts must ft in perfectly and
then bound with a strip of waxed cloth.
The inner layer of the bark must be
left adhering TO the body of the young
tree and the outer layer only removed,
and in that instance a nice piece of work
Is also required. II the operation is sue
cessfully done and the new bud grated
in takes hold. it's growth is rapid and fruit
win be borne in or 4 years thereafter.
Setting the Orchard.
FOrty-twO trees TO the acre. planted out
s. feet by 30 feet, viii give the best aver
age satisfaction. AS the trees on good
land attain good growth. Ii is best TO start
with the required distance to prevent
crowding in future years. Dig the holes
from to feet deep and about feet in
diameter. Use top soil in filling I'm around
the young trees when planted. One per
son should stand in the excavation and
tramp the dirt around the root Of the
plant. steadily until the hole is filled. The
dirt should be pulled up around the crown
Of the plant about 5 inches higher than it
originally grew In the nursery. This
should be done to prevent injury to the
crown by hot sunshine.
In a young orchard II is best to culti-
vate cotton. and great care should be ex-
ercised in hoeing the young plants, not TO
strike or bark the stem, in keeping out
the grass and weeds. II fertilizers are
used when planting out the young scions,
scatter the fertilizers at different depths
in filling in the soil, keeping the circle
back to a distance OF s to 10 inches from
the roots Of the plant ANY good high fer
tilizer will answer for this purpose.
While hoeIng the orchard, after cutting
out the weeds and grass. always draw up
inch or two OF dirt around the base or
crown OF the young plants.
There Is no trouble now TO secure the
finest varieties Of the larger or medium
size paper shells from reliable nursery
men.
Fraud can be easily practiced, however
in the pecan industry. and all parties con-
templating the establishment OF an or
chard should take the care and time to
examine into the reliability and standing
OF the nursery or agent offering the plants
for sale.
After the trouble ana expense VI plahl
ing out and caring for a pecan orchard
for seven or eight years before fruiting,
man does not want to be deceived in what
he originality believed he was buying.
have more than once advocated the plant
ing OF pecans around the home, and in
towns and cities to take the place OF the
ordinary shade trees. The pecan not on
ly makes a dense shade, but in a few
years II begins to yield a profit, and to
that extent is dOubly desirable.
The yield from an acre of pecans after
the trees are ten to twelve years old, is
estimated at 100 bushels. AS the trees are
hardy and need but little or no attention
after that age a splendid fixed income is
assured for all time to come. / recently
had an opportunity of personality in
specting the nurseries and groves of pc
cans on Mai. r. J. Bacon's plantation
near Baconton, in this state, and to him
and his son, Mr.. r.. j. Bacon Jr., am in
debted for much of the information con-
tanned in this article.
Northern capital is being invested in pc
can culture near BacOnton, and several
hundred acres Of pecans have been plant
ed out down there within the past few
years by both foreign and local interests.
A 2O0-acre pecan grove may be seen in full
bearing within miles of Baconton within
the next few years, and this together with
the other acreage in smaller bodies of
land, will make Of that section the larg-
est shipping point of pecans in the world.
HARVIE JORDAN.