The Pecan and its CultureHume, H. Harold (Hardrada Harold)
Philosophy
The Pecan and its Culture
Hume, H. Harold (Hardrada Harold)
Pecan
ATLANTA. Size medium, 1-7/8 x 7/8 x 11/16 inches; ovate,
compressed; color dull gray liberally specked with small, dark
dots, splashed with purplish markings from middle to apex; base
sloping, blunt-pointed; apex sloping, short-pointed; shell
brittle, moderately thin; partitions rather thick, corky;
cracking quality quite good; kernel full, plump, sutures narrow
of medium depth, secondary sutures lacking; color light
yellowish-brown, bright; texture solid, compact; flavor sweet,
good; quality very good.
Originated by G. M. Bacon, DeWitt, Ga., and first catalogued
about 1900.
BACON. (Syn.: _Bacon's Choice_.) Size small, 1-1/4 x 7/8
inches; rounded, compressed toward the apex; color dull
brownish-gray, thickly dotted with dark specks, liberally
splashed with purplish-brown markings toward the apex; base
rounded; apex abruptly blunt-pointed; shell thin, .85 mm.;
cracking quality excellent; partitions thin, papery; kernel
roundish, bright, light brownish-yellow, plump, full, smooth,
sutures broad, of medium depth; flavor sweet, nutty, good;
quality very good.
A small pecan of good quality, originated by G. M. Bacon,
DeWitt, Ga., and introduced by him in 1900.
[Illustration: FIG. 2. Money-maker, Post, San Saba, Half Kernel of
Bacon]
BARTOW. Medium size, thin shell and fine flavor. (Bacon's Cat.,
page 29, 1904.)
BEAUTY. Illustrated in "The Pecan and How to Grow It." (Stuart
Pecan Co., 1893, p. 59, fig. 5.)
BELLE. Medium, ovate, quality very good. (J. V. Munson, Farm
and Ranch, Dec. 3, 1904, p. 2.)
BIEDIGER. Listed in "Nut Culture in the United States," U. S.
Dept. Agr., Div. Pomology, 64, 1896.
BILOXI. (W. R. Stuart, Ocean Springs, Miss.) Medium size,
cylindrical, pointed at each end; surface quite regular, light
brown; shell thin; cracking quality medium; kernel plump, with
yellowish-brown surface; free from astringency, of good
quality, and keeps well without becoming rancid. Introduced
several years ago by W. R. Stuart as Mexican Paper-shell, but
the name has since been changed to Biloxi. (Report Sec. Agr.,
1893. 295, 1894).
BLACK JACK. Listed in "Nut Culture in the United States," U. S.
Dept. Agr., Div. Pomology, 64, 1896.
BOLTON. Size medium, 1-3/8 x 1 inches; ovate conical; color
dull gray marked with purplish-brown blotches about the apex;
base rounded; apex angled, blunt, sloping gradually from the
center; shell thick, 1.9 mm.; partitions thick; cracking
quality medium; kernel brownish-yellow, somewhat wrinkled;
sutures broad, deep, inner surface wrinkled, broadly oval in
outline, texture rather open; flavor sweet, nutty; quality
good.
Originated in Jefferson county, Florida. Described from
specimens received from J. H. Girardeau, Monticello, Fla.
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