The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-09-11
CAREFUL SELECTION OF SEED NUTS

If We are TO get anywhere in the
extension Of the pecan industry, there
must be a steady enlistment of be-
ginners. Successful demonstrations in
every portion of the pecan belt have
gone far towards the removal Of the
| ignorance and prejudice that for years
and years hindered the planting both
of nuts and trees With the hundreds
of orchards and home paintings we
have now to show that budded and
grated trees of the better varieties
of pecans begin to bear as early
as apples and pears and come to prot
liable bearing just as early, the nut
growing proposition has been reduced
from doubt 10 certainty. With these
proofs to strengthen faith. the begin
ner may now make his start with the
comfortable feeling of knowing what
he is doing. With the same prepara-
tory study that is necessary in the
planting and cultivation of ,fruit-bear-
ing trees of other kinds and willing
ness to work and wait, the new plant
er is reasonably sure to Get There.
The cost of budded and grated
trees sometimes operates as a hind
rance TO those who would willingly
plant and. care for them. In every
such case the next best thing is to
plant nuts with view of having the
seedlings grown from them budded
or grated later along. When the be-
/ ginner is able to buy trees, it is very
excellent thing to make a planting OF
nuts at the same time. The reason
for this latter suggestion is simple
enough. BY the time the trees he
has bought begin TO bear, the seed
lings grown from his planted nuts
will be large enough for buds or
CRAFTS and by that time he will be
so well pleased with the behavior Of
some of his young trees that he will
have the buds from them worked upon
those seedlings. This procedure may
be considered as certain as night
following the day. Another thing-no
crop that the planter ever grows af-
fords more pleasure than the first one
from his young trees. His profit must
come from later and larger produc.
tion to be sure. but in the summing
up of the profits of any venture, the
pleasure given is factor to be con-
sidered. The satisfaction afforded by
my own first crop, ranging from
three to a dozen nuts on about a doZ
en- year Old trees will be remember
ed in all the years that are to come
TO me. And about a hundred seedlings
grown from sci 'cted nuts were await
ing buds from the best Of them. From
these were grown a lot of thorough
breds at small cost that have been d
continuing source of pleasure pride
and perhaps a little vanity.
The selection of seed.nuts and OF
scons for buds and CRAFTS has beer
something of a hobby with me-. TIL,
practices of livestock men in tn,
breeding OF, animals and of poultry
men in mating their fowls are worthy
of consideration by everyone engaged
in the propagation of trees by buds
and CRAFTS. 1t may be stated as fac
that trees so grown respond as read
lily to correct rules of breeding a.
do poultry and livestock. Breeders
of these must have good blood at botl
ends and the same procedure is
strong card in the propagation o
{ trees This does not mean that ev
cry tree so grown will be Of the frs
class either in growth or future pro
duction any more than that ever!
thoroueh-bred bird or animal is Of tn
first class. But it does raise the aver
age and gradually brings highe
standard of excellence.
4 The time of year is now with u
when pecan trees are showing N
this years crop. and the map who in
tends to plant nuts may well begin I
look up a mother tree for the seed
, lngs he intends to grow. \ good cor
, stitution may be considered a prim