Chapter 18

PECAN LITERATURE.

But little has been written on the culture of the pecan. The following brief list of bulletins, articles or chapters in general works, comprises practically all that has appeared from the pens of American writers:

Budd, J. L. and Hansen, N. E. The Hickory Nut; Pecan Propagation, in American Horticultural Manual, New York: John Wiley & Sons. Copyright 1902, 1904. Part I, pp. 301-303.

---- The Pecan, in American Horticultural Manual. New York: John Wiley & Sons. Copyright 1903; Part II, pp. 452-454.

Burnette, F. H., Stubbs, Wm. C, Morgan, H. A. Pecans. Baton Rouge: Truth Book and Job Printing Office, 1902; Illustrated; pp. 847-884. Bulletin No. 69, Second Series, Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station.

Corsa, W. P. Pecan, in Nut Culture in the United States. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1896. Illustrated; pp. 49-64. Bulletin Division Pomology, United States Department of Agriculture.

Fuller, Andrew S. Hickory Nuts, In the Nut Culturist. New York: Orange Judd Company. Copyright 1896. Illustrated; pp. 147-202.

Goff, E. S. The Pecan, in Lessons in Commercial Fruit Growing. Madison: University Co-Operative Association. Copyright 1902; pp. 110-114.

Gossard, H. A. Insects of The Pecan. St. Augustine: The Record Company, 1905, Illustrated; pp. 279-320. Bulletin No. 79, Florida Agricultural Experiment Station.

Hansen, N. E. See Budd, J. L.

Harcourt, Helen. The Pecan, in Florida Fruits and How to Raise Them. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Louisville: J. P. Morton & Co. Copyright 1886; pp. 207-214.

Heighes, S. B. See Corsa, W. P.

Herrick, Glenn W. Insects injurious to Pecans. Agricultural College, Miss.: Tucker Printing House, 1904. Illustrated; p. 42. Bulletin No. 86, Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station.

Hume, H. Harold. Pecan Culture: a Preliminary Report. Jacksonville: H. & W. B. Drew Co., 1900. Illustrated; pp. 181-212. Bulletin No. 54, Florida Agricultural Experiment Station.

---- Top-working Pecans. Gainesville: Hill Printing Co., 1901. Illustrated; pp. 357-380. Bulletin No. 57, Florida Agricultural Experiment Station.

---- Pecans, in Florida Agricultural Experiment Station Report, 1900-1901. De Land: E. O. Painter & Co., 1901. Illustrated; pp. 77-84

Merrill, L. H. See Woods, Charles D.

Morgan, H. A. See Burnette, F. H.

Oliver, George W. Budding the Pecan. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1902. Illustrated; p. 18. Bulletin No. 30, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture.

Parry, John R. Pecan (Hicoria Pecan, etc.), in Nuts for Profit. Parry, N. J.: John R. Parry. Copyright 1897. Illustrated; pp. 93-118.

Risien, E. E. Pecan Culture for Western Texas. San Saba: E. E. Risien. Copyright 1903-1904. Illustrated; pp. 6-55.

Stuart Pecan Company. The Pecan and How to Grow It. Chicago: Woman's Temperance Publishing Co. Copyright 1893. Illustrated; pp. 9-80.

Stubbs, William C. See Burnette, F. H.

Taylor, William A. Pecan, in Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, 1893. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1894, pp. 295-296.

---- Pecan, in Bailey's Cyclopedia of American Horticulture. New York: The Macmillan Company. Vol. III. Copyright 1901. Illustrated; pp. 1252-1256.

---- Pecans, in Yearbook, United States Department of Agriculture, 1904. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1905. Pls. 2; pp. 405-416.

Van Deman, H. E. Nuts, in Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, 1891. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1892; p. 395.

---- The Pecan, in Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, 1890. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1890. Pls. 2; pp. 415-416.

Wood, Wm. H. S. Pecans, in The American Fruit Culturist, by John J. Thomas. Twenty-first Edition. New York: William Wood & Co., 1903. Illustrated; pp. 449-453.

Woods, Chas. D. and Merrill, L. H. Pecan (Hicoria pecan) "Food Analysis" In Nuts as Food. Orono, 1899; pp. 74-75. Bulletin No. 54, Maine Agricultural Experiment Station.

INDEX.

Acrobasis nebulella, 138

Analysis, 12

Annular budding, 78

Balantinus caryae, 146

Bogus trees, 99

Bordeaux Mixture, 133

Botany, 19

Broken trees, 118

Budd, J. L. publication by, 153

Budding, 78

Budding knives, 72-74

Bud-sticks, 77

Bud worms, 137

Burnette, F. H. publication by, 153

Care of top-worked trees, 87

Caseworms, 138

Catocalas, 140

Classification, 27

Chip-budding, 79-80

Cleft grafting, 80

Corsa, W. P. publication by, 153

Cross pollination, 23

Cultivation, 109

Cultivated range, 16

Curing, 124

Datana interrigma, 142

Diseases, 130

Elaphidion villosum, 144

Exports, 15

Fall webworm, 142

Family--Juglandaceae, 20

Fertilization, 112

Fertilizers-- applying, 115 bearing trees, 114 nursery trees, 112 young trees, 114

Flowers, 22

Food value, 12

Fuller Andrew S. publication by, 153

Genus--Hicoria, 20

Goff, E. S. publication by, 153

Gossard, H. A. publication by, 153

Grading, 124

Grafting, 80

Grafting iron, 72 time, 77 wax, 74

Grapholitha caryae, 146

Hansen, N. E. publication by, 153

Harcourt, Helen publication by, 153

Heighes, S. B. publication by, 154

Herrick, G. W. publication by, 154

Hexagonal-- planting, 104

Hicoria, 20

Hicoria minima, 61

High-headed trees, 116

Hume, H. Harold publication by, 154

Humus, 109-110

Hybrid pecans, 57

Hyphantria cunea, 142

Imports, 15

Insects, 135

Judging pecans, 62

Kernels, 148

Laying out, 105

Leaf blight, 130

Literature, 153

Low-headed trees, 116

Marketing, 126

Merrill, L. H. publication by, 154

Morgan, H. A. publication by, 154

Native range, 16-21

Number per acre, 103

Nursery cultivation, 70

Nut-crackers, 14

Oak pruner, 144

Oil, 151

Oliver, G. W. publication by, 154

Oneideres, 143

Orchard crops, 110

Packages, 125

Parry, John H. cultivation by, 154

Patch budding, 78

Pecan botany, 19 caterpillar, 142 diseases, 130 Insects, 135 tree borer, 145 kernels, 148 oil, 151 outlook, 11 stocks, 68 varieties, 26 weevil, 146

Phosphoric acid, 113

Picking, 123

Planting-board, 107

Planting distances, 102

Planting nuts, 69

Planting systems, 103

Planting time, 102

Planting trees, 106

Planting Systems-- square, 104 Hexagonal, 104

Pollination, 22

Potash, 113

Proteopteryx deludana, 137

Pruning, 116 time, 117

Propagation, 66

Purchasing trees, 97

Planting trees, 102

Quicksand, 89

Rectangular planting, 104

Risien, E. E. publication by, 154

Root pruning, 119

Rosette, 132

Scab, 131

Scions, selection of, 75

Seedling trees, 66

Selection of varieties, 93

Sesia scitula, 145

Shuck worm, 146

Soils, 89 preparation, 91

Stocks, 68

Storing, 127

Storing seed nuts, 69

Stuart Pecan Company, publication by, 154

Stubbs, William Co. publication by, 154

Taproot, 120

Taylor, William A. publications by, 154

Top-working, 84

Twig girdler, 143

Van Deman, H. E. publication by, 155

Varieties-- Alba, 28 Alley, 28 Atlanta, 28 Bacon, 28 Bacon's Choice, 28 Bartow, 29 Beauty, 29 Belle, 29 Biediger, 29 Biloxi, 29 Black Jack, 29 Bolton, 29 Bourgeois, 55 Brackett, 30 Bradley, 30 Briden, 30 Bullets, 30 Capital, 30 Carman, 30 Castanera, 52 Centennial, 31 Century, 49 Chiquita, 31 Clark, 31 Colorado, 31 Columbia, 49 Columbian, 49 Curtis, 31 Curtis No. 2, 31 Curtis No. 3, 48 Curtis No. 5, 38 Daisy, 32 Dalzell, 32 Deimas, 33 Dewey, 33 De Witt, 34 De Witt Mammoth, 44 Domestic, 34 Duminie Mire, 55 Early Texan, 34 Egg, 34 Eggshell, 34 Eggshell, 35 Excelsior, 34 Extra Early, 34 Faust, 35 Favorita, 35 Floyd, 57 Franklin, 35 Frotscher, 35 Frotscher's Eggshell, 35 Georgia, 36 Georgia Giant, 36 Georgia Melon, 36 Giant, 37 Gonzales, 37 Graff, 37 Halbert, 37 Hamilton, 37 Harcourt, 37 Havens, 37 Hollis, 37 Hume, 38 Hybrids, 57 Ideal, 38 Idlewild, 38 Jacocks, 38 Jacocks' Mammoth, 38 James' Giant, 39 James No. 1, 39 James' Paper-shell, 39 James' Perfection, 47 Jewett, 40 Jumbo, 40 Kate Schaifer, 50 Kennedy, 40 Kentucky Gem, 40 Kidd, 40 Kincaid, 41 Krack-Ezy, 41 Ladyfinger, 41 Lamar, 42 Lewis, 42 Longfellow, 42 Louisiana, 42 Majestic, 35 Mammoth, 49 McCallister, 57 Magnum Bonum, 43 Mammoth, 43 Mantura, 43 Mexican Paper-shell, 44 Meyers, 44 Monarch, 44 Money, 44 Money-maker, 45 Moore, 45 Morris, 45 Nelson, 46 Nigger, 46 Nussbaumer, 58 Olivier, 35 Pabst, 46 Pan-American, 46 Paragon, 55 Pearl, 47 Pegram, 47 Perfection, 47 Petite, 47 Pooshee, 57 Post, 47 Post's Select, 37-47 President, 47 Primate, 47 Pride of the Coast, 40 Randall, 48 Repton, 48 Ribera, 48 Risien, 48 Robson, 48 Rome, 49 Russell, 49 Russell No. 1, 50 Russell No. 2, 50 San Saba, 50 Schaifer, 50 Schley, 51 Schneck, 59 Senator, 52 Senator Money, 44 Southern Beauty, 55 Southern Giant, 49 Sovereign, 52 Steckler's Mammoth, 43 Stevens, 52 Stuart, 52 Success, 53 Sweetmeat, 54 Texas, 54 Texas Prolific, 54 Thomas, 54 Turkey Egg, Jr., 54 Turkey Egg, Sr., 54 Turner, 54 Twentieth Century, 49 Valsies, 55 Van Deman, 55 Westbrook, 61 Willingham, 56 Young, 56

Varieties recommended, 93 Alabama, 95 Florida, 95 Louisiana, 96 Mississippi, 95 North Carolina, 94 South Carolina, 94 Texas, 96 Virginia, 91

Veneer Shield-budding, 78

Waxed cloth, 75

Weevil, 146

Whip-grafting, 81

Woods. Charles D. publication by, 155

Woods, W. H. S. publication by, 155

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