CLASSIFICATION OF VARIETIES. Heretofore, no attempt has been made to group or classify the different varieties of pecans. Classification does not become necessary until the number of varieties has increased sufficiently. The following classification of the varieties with which the author is acquainted, is based entirely upon the shape of the nuts. No classification of those varieties of which descriptions are copied has been attempted, as the descriptions are frequently so meagre as to render it impossible: 1. _Varieties:_ Hound or roundish oblong. Types--Post, Hollis, Money-maker. Bacon, Bolton, Extra Early, Georgia, Hollis, Money-maker, Post, Randall, San Saba, Thomas. 2. _Varieties:_ Oblong, rounded at the base, blunt and quadrangular at the apex. Types--Pabst, Success. Frotscher, Pabst, Pegram, Perfection, Success, Sweetmeat. 3. _Varieties:_ Oblong in general outline, rounded, blunt and abruptly tipped at the base, and abruptly short-pointed at the apex. Types--Russell, Stuart. Alley, Carman, Capital, Franklin, Havens, Jacocks, James No. 1, Kincaid, Lewis, Moore, Morris, Russell, Stuart. 4. _Varieties:_ Oblong cylindrical to almost conical, rounded at the base, sloping from the middle or above to the sharp-pointed apex. Types--Jewett, Curtis, Schley. Clarke, Curtis, Daisy, Dalzell, Dewey, Hume, James' Giant, Jewett, Kennedy, Mammoth, Rome, Schley, Young. 5. _Varieties:_ Usually long in proportion to thickness, more or less pointed at both base and apex. Types--Atlanta, Ideal, Schaifer. Atlanta, Centennial, Delmas, Domestic, Ideal, James' Paper-shell, Ladyfinger, Longfellow, Louisiana, Monarch, Money, Schaifer, Van Deman. 6. _Hybrid Varieties:_ Nussbaumer, McCallister, Schneck, Pooshee, Westbrook. ALBA. Size below medium, cylindrical, with pointed apex; cracking quality good; shell of medium thickness; corky shell lining thick, adhering to the kernel; kernel plump, light colored; quality good. (Report Sec. Agr., 1893: 295, 1894). ALLEY. Size medium, 1-5/8 x 7/8; form ovate; color grayish-brown with a few purplish-black markings about the apex; base rounded, tipped; apex abruptly short-pointed, slightly four-angled; shell brittle, thin, .8 mm.; partitions thin; cracking quality excellent; kernel full, plump, bright straw-colored, sutures narrow, moderately deep, secondary sutures slightly marked; texture firm, compact fine grained; flavor sweet, delicate, pleasant; quality very good and a good keeper. Described from specimens received from Mr. Theo. Bechtel, Ocean Springs, Miss.