The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-18
LARGE PROFITS IN
GROWING PECANS
Government Experts Opinion.
Subject Worthy Attention of
Young Virginia Land Owners.

| WASHINGTON. Angus; N.-For many year.
I 1t has been the constant endeAvor OF In,
Federal Department OF Agriculture to insti
In the minds o, the aSrtcultur!sts OF the
country the necessity for liberalization o.
crnns and 10 have them realize the i'm.
noFianee OF nut and fruit growing. which
not only prove mos; interesting. but II
, nroperiv handled. most profitable. Among
the nuts which could be crown with prom;
in almost a.! sections OF the United States
Including some parts o. Virginia especially
Is The pecan.
When {. \. Reed. special agent in nu;
culture Investigations in the Department
Of Agriculture. vas asked TO tell something
OF the pecan tree culture and the posi-
bili,es OF pront-saarlns in this industry.
ne said
The pecan is one OF the most .mpor-
taut Of the nut-eearing trees now grown
in the United states. and within the area
thought to be adapted TO its culture no
other agricultural OF horticultural produe,
which mas appeared during recent years
is attractinc greater attention being
more widely exploited. 1t not found
by the early botauisis nearer the Atlantic
coast than Western Alabama in the South
and Central Tennessee and Kentucky. IN
the north. but witA the progress OF agri-
carried eastward and wiaely distributed
with apparent success over the eastern
Gulf and South Atlantic states. 1t has
also been sparinsly introduced into many
of the Northern states including Ohio.
Michigan. New York, Pennsylvania. Mary
and. Delaware. New Jersey and to d slight
extent into the lower New England states.
IN the West IT mas received but little at
iention.
"A Jew planted trees may De found here
and there from Washington TO Southern
California. but pecan growing has not be-
come an important industry west OF the
Rocky Mountains
The nsures OF pecan production. ACCORD
ing 10 the census o: 1910, have not yet been
humble. @: wholesalers. the annual crop OF
the state o; Texss alone during the past
nye years has ranged from lS5 to SO car
loads or from 36450o1 10 u $4,000 mounds
The prices 10 the producer have ranged
from 10 &c cents pound During the
past i've years the average midssason price
has been from : TO 8 cents y pound Esfi-
mates derived from the same source lndi-
cate that heglnnns With LOUISIANA. next TO
Teas IN quantity OF production and end
+ ing with Indiana and Illinois, each pro-
aueing abou, ten cars, the remainder o:
the average crop is apportioned among the
other pecan producing States In about the
following order Louisiana. Oklahoma. Ar
kansas. Kansas Missouri. Kentucky Ten
ncssec. Mississippi, Indiana and Illinois
Commercially speaking. orchard grown
pecans have not yet been produced in suit
cient quantities 10 affect the general mar
ket 10 an appreciabIc degree. Tho demand
for pecans ~ the named varieties created
BY nurserymen Tor use as samples. by
fancy confectioners. tourists and occasion
ally by sccdmcn. has caused very wide
| range IN prices which cannot be expccte, q,
10 reach normal basis until the cultivated
nuts reach The general market in sunicien,
quantity to compete fairly with Wild nuts
\, the present time. practically the entire
American consumption comes from Mexico "
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