The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-20
An avenue of plane trees.

valuable for their timber and for ',od
purposes. y pecan at the present
time stands first ~ value.
Its natural range Ia from southern
Iowa outward into Mexico and east
TO the western part OF Kentucky
and Tennessee. II is most abundant
and OF largest size IN southern Arkan-
sas. Oklahoma n eastern Texas
There are three rather distinct belt
groups: southern. middle II north
ern. AS with man other trees, the
range of growth OF the pecan under
cultivation may he extended far be-
yond the ind genous range. which Ia
commonly limited by some feature
Of natural seed distribution. When
taken in hand by the ho%r,iculturist
pecan trees Of the northern group
may be p~ropagated as far north as
southern Ontario in Canada ana
Oregon and Washington on the Pacific
coast.
A. n timber tree the pecan tree IS
not so valuable as soine Of the other
h!ckories, but is valuable on the whole.
1, T. one of the largest OF American
trees. sometimes approx mating e
height OF 200 feet when growing n
the forest where II must reach up
ward for light. The trunk is occa-
s.onally more than six feet IN dam
et.r. For dignity and magnificent
beauty few trees in the world exec!
the pecan.
The nut crop OF the tree - so vaiu-
able that the crop il certain to become
of - vast importance in the food sup
ply NJ the future.
Nuts from individual trees vary
greatly in character. and like othe7
hickorips cross p~o,lina'ed 10y the wind
varieties Of the pecan are row so by
br.d!zed tha, they do not come r
to parent typo from seed. corse-
quently the best varieties are propa-
gated by budding and by grating.
owing 20 difficulties in budding and
grating hurticulturists wore not very
successful until the beginning % the
present century, but now their
methods are so we, established thai
development of tho ocean. belonging
almost peculiarly 10 the early part OF
the twentieth century, is increasing
by leaps and bounds.
Many large urcf ards of grated pc
can trees are now found throughout
the South and orchards Of the North
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