Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-11-13

Of pecnn nuts that far excel even tho
splendid English walnut In delicious
flavor and nutrition,
Development Is coming rapidly 20
the pecan tree, so long neglected and
ignored in It's native habitat II "A
interesting to note the fact clalneo
by science that the pecan belongs 10
Oklahoma and Texas by original rlghl
and is found In the strata Of geologic
ages previous 10 our own only Ia
Texas ana Oklahoma.
And now the work OF culuyaiins,
and otherwise caring for the remain
ing native groves is being studied,
planned ana carried out under coul'
prtont direction All rXtraucous use.
less groNths are. removed and tnn
pccans themselves reduced In numbe,
TO about fourteen or twenty trees per
acre Oi these the trees PRODUCING
regularly thc best and most abundani
frmi nle h 'pt as nature made them
lut all trlsc producing small, hlrd-
shell nut are top-WorAed -by the uso
OF cuunlus, applied methods of ooth
BUDDING and grading ulI HE worm
less tree is transformed in few
years 20 a tret of equal size ana
srcat'r produclNeuess, produciuG
rcslllr crops OF NUS worth many
times moro r.r pound, that find tn
most eager market accorded to any
nut.
pcCans Are Profitable.
Pecan trees are found in many see
tious of oklahoma, producing crops
aorth from $40 TO $50. and even
$500 in one year, from single trees
But these heavy producers Of valu-
able nuts are the rare exception, ana
the process Of successfully changing
them over Is one Of the most yaluablo
achievements Ia horticultural d"yel-
opmcnt Of this district
But by Ear the widest development
Of the pecan will lie in the piantlnG
Of new orchards OF soft-shell, grlfteL
trees. OF those thousands Of acres
in the aggregate should be planted
ana thousn Of these many will fail.
yet the per cent of failures VIII be
few.
\ safe Investment.
And planting soft-shell grated pc
can trees ~ the soundcst safest agr!-
cultural Investment possible to maKn
N this or any other country. For the
growth of a grove ot soft -shell pecan
trees. properly cared for. ON sWtabl,
irrigated land. IL safely, surely
worth 500 per acre yearly from the
first to thu twentieth year. and pro-
badly longer
without doubt. such groves in this
section, where also the pecan IA
allrer than anywhere. will be worth
$500 per acre in twenty years on IN
actual interest laying Lasis. rhe
same rowth rate of value will bring
the grove to about $1,000 an aero
value in ten years. paying 8, s or 10
per cent on that valuation.
The grated pecan tree Of proper
soft shell varieties begins bearln.
strongly at five or six years and some
times some sorts have produced crops
at three years.
Many trees produce five to ten
pounds at. five or six years. And this
large, sofi shell, well filled and truly
delicious fruit finds Il market any
where az high prices.
lut the feature of absolute safety
Of The pecan where the soil Is strong
Is the fact that intermediate crops
grown in any section, may also be
grc Wn between tho Widely-sp
pecan rows. during this same ten
years.
Thus We have in oklahoma plenty
Of crop Yields worth s5C, 800, 5000
aud even $iOO per acre, from truck
crops, such as onions, cabbage. let
tucc, radishes and the Hike, Like
wise alfalfa, one of the most stnpic.
easily handled and easily marketed
crops is Il particularly suitable crop
to grow in this combination. between
the pecan trees, and ii properly hand
led paws 500 TO 500 per acre net