The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-08
PECAN-GROW|NG
FOR OLD VIRGINIA
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man. pecan would not want to men-
ton the polished. thick shelied seed.
nngs usually purchased at the stores
he pecan has n higher food value
than the walnut. almond. cocoanut. M
bert or peanut
The nuts acreage - 80 60 ncr cont
Kernel and these kernels contain abou,
Z" per cent oil They arc used in q
vas, number OF ways foi desserts, con
iecii"ns pastries and foods of various
kinds Tons Of them are required b,-
oonfectioncrs who cannot s,t onouan
TO supply their trade and bakers ANA
caterers make many uses OF them.
housewives use them ia their Kitchens
ana they arc on the menus OF TN.
reading hotels in this country
E1tcnt Of the Industry.
Nut growing though comparatively
new Industry Is rapidly becoming
ono OF Importance throughout Amerl-
ca. With the exception Of walnuts
ana almonds on the Pacific coast. ana
peanuts In Virginia ana IN. Curolinaa.
II these nuts. which arc fruit. ma, Doe
mentioned IN this connection. very lst-
VIC has been done in this country in
the CONNIE rcial production OF nuts
Blu; In the last decade considerable at
tention has been given TO the pecan.
Large orchards have been planted
throughout the Southern states from
virginia to Texas. ana manj OF these
are now bearing large crops OF choicc
nuts. In Georgia there are orchards
ranging from a f.w hundred tr.oa To
5000 or moro. owned ~ individunls.
and largo orchard companies are plant
Ing thousands of acres Noar Charles
ton. 5. c.. there rs grove Of is-
200 pecan trees from which the owner
tells several car loads Of porans am
nuallv And similar planting ara TO
ho found In Florida. Mississippi Ala
hama, Louisiana. Texas and other
states. North Carolina IL planting
many acres and Virginia has = few
orchards carving from e0o trees W TO-.
in one cal ZOO
II has b demonstrated that there
IS M better iand IN tho world ln which
TO grow perans ,han THO eastern Soc
lions az Virginia and Sor,r Carolina.
this section being found 10 be- ire. from
all tho disadvantages and drawbacBs
TINT have been Encountered uy the
pecan growers in tho far South anl
tho far North. Eastern virginia ana
Sorth Carolina with unsurpassed cli-
Ing sections Of the country
believed r-oplc nrcnmc DinEu-tcd
one trouble has been. and ls. the
TOO much eloGueuoc and too small ro-
good Tor thu truth TO certain classes
II land agents ana salesman far NIT
nurseries They have mad. the former
and prospective nat growers believe
fairy tales about the early profits from
lands set 20 pccans. Som. ~ thess f,i-
lows have actually pfeach-d that
recan tree m~y bee sat ont aul made 90
urolrce nuts In profiahi. quantities
In tpo and three years In ia. vety
nature Of the case thi- cannot be true.
80 pecan tree that war ever rlafted
became pronfablo in less than seven
years. and sometimes ~ roquires ten
years. and so when q man starts ont TO
make on his property pecan orchard
or grove Unless ne ls Young man. n-
if really planting for mis- chndreu ANA
his .rand- children to ronn. and certain
II Is he could mot make b.ttcs Inc
vceimont for his chndr,n
The torrrct Process.
will Illustrate hs plainly as cam
the whole proposition john Smith
wants to nut nvc acrcs in p.cars In
the nrst plac. he must ma rhe sight
kind Of nurscrrmau ono Who is hon
est and has mastered ihe ari ~ propo-
gazing budding or rraf,lnr the correct
kird of nut and has lonrucd from OK
perence and otherwise which breed o.
tho nat IS best adayted 10 certain
kinds Of so.l and particular localities.
Having found the right uurservnian 10
deal with Mr. Smith viii proceed TO
buy his youns trees and rlant them out
according 10 Instructions, and H. VIII
be Instructed as To fertilization. prep
aration Of holes and the planting or Tho
young trees
lie viii So, Thorn af,y fee, apar,.
which wili give him only seventeen
trees 70 the acre, and when he has
completed tin. setting out. the whole
cost up to then VIII have boon from
SIS to $50 per acre. ana no cxpcns. Is
10 follow Right sharp money 10 pun
Ia the ground 10 wait seven years or
more before bearing interest and a
profit, but that land is good for corn
or srasses or anything else that Mr.
Ing. ana he can go right ahead maxi
ing these crops and rotating them just
the same az 81 the pecan trees were not
there. and his cultivation of tho land
for these crops Will he all or tho cul-
tivatlon necessary FOR the pecan trees.
Thus Smith will he making his usual
profits from the land. while tho pecan
crop IS taking its years To come. At tho
end OF seven years tho pecan trees
viii hear nuts enough to bring In $40
per acre. and vet the trees will he too
small TO shade the land enough To pre-
vent the growing Of other crops as