The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-23
jl25O An ACRE
FROM PECANS

Pecans at 81 per pound sounds Ike
war prices but this Is the price now
being received for some kinds Of pecans
produced in Carter county. In and
about Ardmore. Something else 10
think about u pecan trees. eight years
Old. growing 20 the number OF twenty.
five on an acre Of ground. each tree
producing 100 pounds. making z.59o
pounds 20 the acre and selling at a price
Of fifty cents per pound. or bringing
a net Income 81 81 $50 for every acre
of land growing pecan trees of the
right kind.
There are many pecan trees IN Car
ter and adjoining counties. vast
crop Of the nuts IL annually gathereo
and marketed at Ardmore. These are
the native peczns small with heavy
shell. running perhaps 100 nuts To the
pound. with a kernel value Of 2S per
cent by weight. while cultivated. or
pedigreed pecans. run from IS to % TO
the pound and have. all the way
through, a kernsl value Of 50 per cent
c. r. Ringer is an enthusiast over
pecan production and his experience has
fully convinced him Of the wonderful
Bearing Trees In Three Years
There are thousands OF acres OF
pecan growth in Carter county. There
are many bearing pecan trees Of vary.
ing sizes. The pecan tree Is OF slow
growth. requiring ten TO fifteen years,
nrobsblv. before II begins 10 produce
nuts. Here Is where propagation and
cultivation comes In. Budding Is the
explanatlon. A bud OF a high grade
Decan. made to grow when bUdded or
grated onto a native pecan tree. VIII
make such rapid growth that II VIII
be bearing at the end Of three years
Among the many experiences OF Mr.
Ringer l. one which goes to show TINS
rapid growth He has one tree grown
since five years ago next month Wneh
he cut off a native pecan tree with q
diameter Of about that Of oroofnstlcA'
three or four feet from the ground. DUO
ded Il the following August Win
pedigreed pecan bud and the tree grew
and bloOmed the next year Al the
end OF the second year Il was tfimIleu
10 one sprout and when II was iouT
wears old produced ten and one-hali
hounds Of unusually large pecans.
Tbus IL will be seen that within -FOUR
wears a tree that has been budded VIII
attain more in growth than a nauts
tree viii in three times a. long and the
quality Of the product Is better II
even a greater ratio.
The process Of budding Is fascinat-
ing study Native pecan trees, from
one TO eight inches in diameter, may
he successfully handled in this way.
Mr.. Ringer prefers the smaller trees
The body is cut off just below the fIrst
outcropping limbs" in order that the
bud may not be robbed Of sustenance
by sprouts cropping out below the
place where the budding has been done
The tree Is cut off during the dormant
season, between January ] and harch
1 and the top Is covered with tar 10
prevent weather decay.
Early in the spring buds WIZ Desh
10 form. These are rubbed OH 10 pre-
ven, multiplicity of sprout growth
Then in August the buds OF the peor
greed pecans may be received Iney
arc usI1ally sent through the mails,
carefully packed 10 preserve moisture.
Then after sprouts on the tree nave
heen confined TO about three, sprout
IL cit off near 10 the body OF the tree
and by cutting around IL with knlfe
Of special shape. the bark may ue
loosened as easily as willow "hlstie
is made and the end Of the pu1 shp
treated in Ike manner. when the iattef
IL slipped into the bark OF the tiee
sprout wrapped with waxed materlal
and left for ten days at the END OF
which time il will begin 20 grow foi-
lowing that period the wrapping -
loosened so as not 70 retard gfowln'
Irsusllv two or three sprouts are lelt
ON the tree in order that should one ran
the tree will still make producer
The extreme length OF the tap root on
a necan tree and the usually preNah-
ing dryness in this section 90 not per
nit successful transplanting, but Win
budding. the rapidity Of growth towaru
the hearing period is Increased ana tne
quality Of the nut improved and In ad'
di,ion TO this the budded tree mas Ihe
henefit of the hardness OF the nstlFe
tree which is well rooted and remaining
in its original heath mas many d."
vantages over transplanted tree.
Mr. Ringer, although perhaps the
greatest enthusiast in this county oFei
the growing Of pecans, II not the piu
neer in the work, that honof soihs "
a X Darden, Of Lone Grove. Mr.
harden has been engaged in the "orh
~ budding pecans for many years anu
has budded thousands Of trees. ne toos
a. enthusiastic over the possibilities Vi
unlimited pecan production IN TINS "ec
,ion Another active worker y DVc
C,offee also Of Lone Grove.
4, is no longer an experiment win
,hese growers. They have all proven
o. Themselves what may be accom-
,f,a Tho four varieties TO Whlcn