Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report: at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948
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Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report: at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948
Northern Nut Growers Association -- Periodicals; Nut trees -- Periodicals; Nuts -- Periodicals
We are not, in making this selection, concerned so much with the size of
the nut produced as we are with the kernel percentage which will be
yielded by the nut upon cracking and extracting the kernels and by the
ease of separation. Within comparatively recent years many cracking and
shelling plants have been established throughout the state, and the
history of the industry I think will record that the establishment of
these cracking plants in the territory where the pecans are produced
will be a great stimulus to the production of that kind of nuts.
I don't know whether I have made the picture clear or not. Throughout
the eastern part of the state, that part which you in your old
geographies knew under the name of Indian Territory, and particularly
concentrated in the middle of the state there are native trees which if
properly handled, that is, cultivated and sprayed and thinned so that
each tree stands out individually by itself, will produce in paying
quantities.
On the experiment station we have a half mile of such territory lying
between cultivated fields on both sides of a creek which had eroded a
considerable basin. The area was unsatisfactory for cultivation, and so
it was fenced out. Back some years ago the area was cleared of grape
vines and other trees, and we have since that time pastured sheep in
this tract of land. It Is narrow, not over three or four hundred feet
wide at any place and, of course, varying in width from one end to the
other, and the creek meanders along. There really is more than a half
mile of total length.
The potential production of that half mile is now, in terms of dollars
and cents, about $2,500 to $3,000, and before wheat and cattle attained
their present prices that was no mean income for a quarter section of
land. Naturally, with that opportunity prevalent over a great part of
the state, we in Oklahoma are interested in the production of native or
seedling pecans to be sold to the cracker. We feel that the future of
the pecan industry is undoubtedly headed toward the utilization of
pecans as kernels and not nuts in the shell. Such being the case, we are
not interested particularly in large size. We are interested in kernel
yield and in the potential production of each individual tree.
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