The Pecan and its CultureHume, H. Harold (Hardrada Harold)
Philosophy
The Pecan and its Culture
Hume, H. Harold (Hardrada Harold)
Pecan
Described from specimens received from Frank H. Lewis,
Scranton, Miss.
HOLLIS. (Syn.: _Post's Select in part._) Size medium, 1-3/8 x 1
inches; form roundish ovate, marked with four more or less
prominent longitudinal ridges; color dull brownish-yellow,
slightly splashed with purplish-brown about the apex; base
rounded; apex roundish, blunt; shell thick, 1.6 mm.;
partitions thick; cracking quality medium; kernel plump,
filling the shell, quite smooth, broadly and deeply grooved,
oval in outline, light brownish-yellow in color; texture fine
grained; flavor delicate, good; quality good.
Described from specimens received from Herbert Post, Fort
Worth, Tex. The seed nuts of this variety have been sold under
the name, "Post's Select." It originated at Bend, San Saba
county, Texas.
HUME. (Syn.: _Curtis No. 5._) Size medium, 1-1/2 x 7/8 inches;
short, oblong cylindrical, marked with two longitudinal ridges;
color grayish-brown marked with a number of short, narrow
purplish-brown splashes; base rounded, very blunt-tipped; apex
abruptly-pointed, flattened on two sides; shell thin, .8 mm.;
partitions medium, corky; cracking quality very good; kernel
full, plump, light yellowish-brown, marked and dotted with dark
spots, sutures straight, narrow, of medium depth; texture firm,
compact; flavor sweet, pleasant, quality very good.
The original tree of this variety stands in the grove of Dr. J.
B. Curtis, Orange Heights, Fla. It was grown from seed secured
from Arthur Brown, Bagdad, Fla., in 1886. It is a shy bearer.
IDEAL. Medium, 1-7/8 x 3/4 x 5/8 inches; oblong, somewhat
compressed, slightly constricted in the middle; color bright
grayish-brown marked with narrow strips of purplish-brown at
the apex; base sloping, pointed; apex sloping, pointed; shell
thin, brittle, .9 mm.; partitions medium thick; cracking
quality good; kernel full, plump, smooth, bright straw-colored,
sutures very narrow, shallow; texture compact, firm; flavor
sweet, good; quality very good.
Described from specimens received from S. W. Peek, Hartwell,
Ga.
IDLEWILD. Medium size, thick shell, kernel good. Louis
Biediger, Idlewild, Tex. (Thomas' American Fruit Culturist,
21st ed. 452, 1903.)
JACOCKS. (Syn.: _Jacocks' Mammoth._) Size large or very large,
1-7/8 x 1 inches; ovate, long; color bright yellowish-brown;
base rounded, abruptly blunt-pointed; apex blunt, four-angled,
slightly wedged; shell brittle, of medium thickness, 1.3 mm.;
partitions very thick, corky, red; cracking quality medium;
kernel light yellowish-brown, full or sometimes shrunken,
sutures broad, of medium depth, secondary sutures well
developed and fairly deep; texture open, rather coarse; flavor
sweet, rather dry; quality fairly good.
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