The Pecan and its Culture Part 4

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 7. Shaifer. Ideal. Ladyfinger. Kernel of Atlanta.]

KRACK-EZY. Medium, ovoid, very thin sh.e.l.l, full of meat, best (T. V. Munson, Farm and Ranch, Dec. 3, 1904, p. 2.)

LADYFINGER. Size small, 1-1/2 x 5/8 inches; ovate pointed at both ends; color grayish-brown marked with a very few small narrow streaks about the apex; base pointed; apex pointed; sh.e.l.l thin, 1. mm.; part.i.tions of medium thickness; cracking quality excellent; kernel small and narrow, plump full, smooth, sutures narrow and shallow; flavor sweet, good; quality very good.

Described from specimens received from the Summit Nurseries, Monticello, Fla. Originated on the grounds of this nursery company in Jackson county, Fla. A small nut of very fine quality, but too small to be recommended for extensive planting.

LAMAR. Large, oblong, pointed, medium sh.e.l.l, full, best. (T. V.

Munson, Farm and Ranch, Dec. 8, 1904, p. 2).

LEWIS. Large, 1-5/8 x 7/8 inches; ovate, compressed; color bright yellowish-brown marked with purplish-brown blotches three-quarters of the distance back from apex; base rounded, blunt-tipped; apex blunt-pointed, slightly wedged; sh.e.l.l thin, .98 mm.; cracking quality good; part.i.tions thick; kernel plump or sometimes shrunken at lower end, wrinkled on the sides, bright, light yellow in color, primary sutures broad, of medium depth, secondary ones very shallow, wrinkled; texture fine grained, solid; flavor sweet, pleasant; quality very good.

Described from specimens received from Frank H. Lewis, Scranton, Miss.

LONGFELLOW. Large, 1-7/8 x 7/8 inches; obovate, angular, sutured; color light yellowish-brown strongly marked with purplish-black splashes throughout; base sloping, rounded; apex shouldered, abruptly-pointed, flattened and quadrangular; sh.e.l.l of medium thickness, 1.15 mm.; part.i.tions very thin; cracking quality good; kernel full, plump, somewhat wrinkled; light straw-colored, sutures narrow of medium depth; texture fine grained, compact; flavor sweet, rich, nutty; quality excellent.

Described from specimens received from E. E. Risien, San Saba, Texas. A pecan of good quality and an excellent keeper.

LOUISIANA. Size medium, 1-7/8 x 7/8 x 3/4 inches; oblong cylindrical; color grayish-brown, marked with splashes of purplish-black towards the apex; base rounded, sloping; apex sloping, pointed; sh.e.l.l rather thick, 1.4 mm.; part.i.tions of medium thickness; cracking quality very good; kernel full, plump, dark yellow, sutures broad, shallow; texture firm, compact; flavor sweet, good; quality very good.

Described from specimens received from Summit Nurseries, Monticello, Fla.

MAGNUM BONUM. Medium, ovate; sh.e.l.l thin; part.i.tions thin; kernel plump, sweet; quality very good. (Hume, Bul. 54, Fla.

Exp. Station, 1900, 207).

MAMMOTH. (Syn.: _Steckler's Mammoth._) Large to very large, 2 x 1 inches; form ovate; color dull gray, pebbled, with a very few dark lines at the apex; base rounded; apex flattened, four-angled, blunt; sh.e.l.l thick, 1.4 mm.; cracking quality very poor; part.i.tions corky, very thick; kernel bright yellowish-brown with broad, deep sutures and fuzzy lining adhering to kernel; texture coa.r.s.e; flavor sweet and good; quality quite good.

Obtained of J. Steckler Seed Company.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Fig. 7a. The Mantura Pecan.]

MANTURA. Size large, 2 x 13/16, 1-7/8 x 7/8 inches; oblong, oval; color dull reddish-brown liberally marked with large, irregular black splashes; base taper-pointed, blunt; apex sharp-pointed, nippled; sh.e.l.l very thin, .78 mm.; brittle, dense; cracking quality very good; part.i.tions thin; kernel dark straw-colored, plump, smooth, oval, with open sutures of medium depth; texture firm, solid; flavor sweet, nutty; quality very good indeed.

Described from specimens received from Wm. N. Roper, Petersburg, Va., by whom it was named and introduced in 1906.

The original tree of this variety stands on the Mantura homestead, in Surry county, Va., two miles south of the James river, now owned by W. P. Wilson. Mr. Wilson's mother planted four trees from nuts secured from a tree at Surry Courthouse, Va., the Mantura being one of the four, The parent tree measures about fourteen feet around the body, and bears crops of good sized nuts. It stands about ten miles from the site of the Mantura tree.

The Mantura tree is a large, symmetrical specimen with wide-spreading branches. It is about eighty feet high and measures about eleven feet around the trunk. It has been bearing for the past fifteen years, and in 1905 yielded 275 pounds of nuts.

This variety will doubtless prove a valuable acquisition for planters on the northern limits of the pecan area, as the particular strain from which it comes has been growing in Virginia for more than sixty years.

MEXICAN PAPER-Sh.e.l.l. Reported by Ladd Bros., Stonewall, Miss.

Listed in "Nut Culture in the United States," 1906, p. 64. (See Biloxi.)

MEYERS. The fruit of a variety of this name was distributed by Judge Samuel Miller, Bluffton, Mo. (Andrew Fuller, in The Nut Culturist, p. 170, 1896.)

MONARCH. (Syn.: _De Witt Mammoth._) Large, 2 x 7/8 inches; ovate, sloping to base and apex; color dull gray strongly marked with purplish-black splashes; base pointed; apex pointed, wedged; sh.e.l.l medium thick, 1.1 mm.; part.i.tions thick, corky; cracking quality poor; kernel frequently badly filled at base, sutures of medium width and depth, color yellowish-brown; texture firm; flavor good, rather dry; quality good.

Originated by G. M. Bacon, DeWitt, Ga. (of the G. M. Bacon Pecan Co.), and introduced about the year 1900. Owing to the preemption of the name Mammoth, by another variety introduced by the late Richard Frotscher, of New Orleans, La., the name DeWitt Mammoth was changed to Monarch.[E]

MONEY. (Syn.: _Senator Money._) Size large, 1 x 7/8 x 7/8 inches; ovate, somewhat four-angled, color light brown marked with blotches of purplish-brown sometimes throughout; base abruptly blunt-pointed; apex wedged, pointed; sh.e.l.l brittle, medium to thick, 1.3 mm.; part.i.tions medium; kernel plump, full, bright light yellow, sutures broad, shallow, secondary ones indistinct; texture rather open, of medium grain; flavor sweet, good; quality very good.

A large, plump-meated pecan of very good quality, described from specimens received from Frank H. Lewis, Scranton, Miss.

MONEY-MAKER. Size medium, 1-5/16 x 1 inches; ovate, oblong; color light yellowish-brown with a few purplish-brown marks about the apex; base rounded; apex abruptly rounded, slightly wedged; small nipples; sh.e.l.l of medium thickness, 1.1 mm.; part.i.tions medium thick, corky; cracking quality very good; kernel full, plump, broadly oval, sutures straight, broad, shallow, secondary ones small; texture firm, solid; flavor sweet, good; quality very good.

Described from specimens received from Prof. F. H. Burnette, Baton Rouge, La. This pecan was originated and introduced by S.

H. James, Mound, La.; the quality is very good and the variety is precocious, prolific and hardy.

MOORE. Size small, 1-3/8 x 3/4 inches; ovate; color light yellowish-brown marked with a few small purplish spots about the apex; base rounded; apex abruptly nippled, short; sh.e.l.l brittle, thin, 1.1 mm.; part.i.tions rather thin; cracking quality very good; kernel dark yellow, plump, full, sutures narrow, shallow; texture firm, compact, solid; flavor sweet and good; quality very good.

Described from specimens received from J. H. Girardeau, Monticello, Fla. The variety is so small that we deem it scarcely worthy of propagation.

MORRIS. Size medium, 1-5/8 x 3/4 inches; ovate; color light brown, bright, clean, base sloping, rounded; apex tapering abruptly to a blunt point; sh.e.l.l brittle, of medium thickness, 1.45 mm.; part.i.tions thick; cracking quality very good; kernel plump, filling the sh.e.l.l, straw-colored, primary sutures broad and deep, secondary ones shallow; texture firm, compact; flavor sweet, good; quality very good.

Described from specimens received from Summit Nurseries, Monticello, Fla.

NELSON. Nut the largest of all known; some specimens weighing nearly one ounce; elliptical-oblong in shape; medium thin sh.e.l.l, clean, bright in color; kernel plump, sweet and rich; quality very best, a quick grower; early bearer, very prolific; habit of growth like the Frotscher, forming a round-headed tree. (Catalogue J. Steckler Seed Co., 1905, p. 172.)

n.i.g.g.e.r. Medium, short oval, thin sh.e.l.l, full, excellent. (T. V.

Munson, Farm and Ranch, Dec. 3, 1904, p. 2.)

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 8. Pabst Pecan.]

PABST. Size large, 1-5/8 x 7/8 inches; oblong cylindrical; color dull gray marked with broad splashes of purplish-black; base rounded; apex blunt, four-angled, grooved; sh.e.l.l of medium thickness, 1.22 mm.; part.i.tions rather thick; cracking quality fair; kernel plump, large, thick with broad, shallow sutures, secondary sutures short, shallow, bright yellow in color; texture fine; flavor good; quality very good.

Described from specimens received from Wm. A. Taylor, United States Department of Agriculture. The original tree, according to Mr. Taylor, is one of a number of seedlings on the grounds of the late William E. Schmidt at Ocean Springs, Miss. The original tree is now about thirty years old. Quite productive and recommended for planting by those who know it.

PAN-AMERICAN. Large, oblong, thick sh.e.l.l, full, best. (T. V.

Munson, Farm and Ranch, Dec. 3, 1904, p. 2.)

PEARL. (E. E. Risien, San Saba, Tex.) Medium size, thin sh.e.l.l, sweet kernel; no corky growth inside. A choice nut for family use, but said to be too small for market. (Thomas' Am. Fruit Culturist, 21st Ed., 1903.)

PEARL. This is a very productive pecan, originated by Mr.

James. It is distinct from the Pearl which originated in Texas.

(Burnette, Bul. Sec. Series, 69, La. Exp. Station, 874, 1902.)

PEGRAM. Size medium, 1-1/2 x 7/8 inches; oblong; color light grayish-brown marked with a few purplish-brown markings at the apex; base rounded; apex blunt, quadrangular; sh.e.l.l creased, roughened, brittle, of medium thickness, 1.15 mm.; part.i.tions medium thick, corky; cracking quality medium; kernel plump, full, quite smooth, sutures narrow and of medium depth; texture firm, compact, solid; flavor sweet and good; quality good.

Described from specimens received from Prof. F. H. Burnette, Baton Rouge, La. Originated by S. H. James, Mound, La.

PERFECTION. (Syn.: _James' Perfection._) Size medium, 1-3/8 x 7/8 inches; oblong; color grayish-brown marked well down the sides from the apex with purplish-black splashes; base flattened, rounded; apex abrupt, blunt; sh.e.l.l slightly ridged, of medium thickness, 1.3 mm.; part.i.tions rather thick, corky; cracking quality medium; kernel full, plump, brownish-yellow, narrow and moderately deep, sutures narrow, of moderate depth, secondary ones well defined; texture fairly solid; flavor sweet, good; quality very good.

Originated by S. H. James, Mound, La.

PEt.i.tE. Small and plump; white hull; very desirable. (Helen Harcourt, Florida.)

PRESIDENT. Large, oblong, pointed, thin sh.e.l.l, full, best. (T.