The Pecan and its Culture - H. Harold Hume

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doubtless be useful for salad purposes—but it is never likely to be converted into oil until the present prices of the nuts are greatly reduced.

      If we turn from the dietary value of the nut to the ornamental value of the tree, we cannot but be forcibly impressed with its value as a shade and ornamental tree. For these purposes it may be planted far outside the area in which fruit may be reasonably expected. If given good soil and sufficient food supply, it grows quite rapidly, making a stately, vigorous, long-lived tree. In its native forests it is a giant tree, sometimes reaching a height of upwards of two hundred feet with a trunk of six feet. Isolated specimens, grown in the open, come to maturity with wide-spreading branches and the whole tree has an exceedingly graceful appearance. Wherever it will succeed, no other shade tree is so worthy of attention as the pecan, and in the fruiting area, beauty and healthful shade may be combined with utility.

      As an orchard tree it is well worth planting. The ground in which the trees are planted may be cultivated in other crops for a number of years, thus reducing to a minimum the cost of maintaining the planting, and when the trees have come into bearing, the same area in trees will yield more in net returns than the same area in cotton or corn at the usual market prices.

      On the whole, considered from whatever standpoint we may choose, the pecan is a valuable tree, whether cultivated for its nuts or planted for shade or ornamental effect.

      Exports of Nuts from United States for Years 1900–1904 inclusive.

1900 1901 1902 1903 1904
VALUE. VALUE. VALUE. VALUE. VALUE.
$156,490 $218,743 $304,241 $299,558 $330,366
1899 1900 1901
VARIETY OF NUTS. Quant'y lbs. Value. Quant'y lbs. Value. Quant'y lbs. Value.
Almonds 9,957,427 $1,222,587 6,317,633 $949,083 5,140,232 $946,138
Cocoanuts. … 625,789 … 702,947 … 804,233
Walnuts (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a)
Other … 879,166 … 1,326,804 … 1,518,184
Total Nuts … $2,727,542 … $2,978,834 … $3,268,255
1902 1903 1904
VARIETY OF NUTS. Quant'y lbs. Value. Quant'y lbs. Value. Quant'y lbs. Value.
Almonds 9,868,982 $1,240,886 8,142,164 $1,337,717 9,838,852 $1,246,474
Cocoanuts. … 832,383 … 908,242 … 971,852
Walnuts (a) (a) 12,362,567 1,106,033 23,670,761 1,729,378
Other … 1,971,072 … 1,514,406 … 1,523,462
Total Nuts … $4,044,341 … $4,866,398 … $5,471,166

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      [A] Calculated from analysis.

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