The Pecan and its CultureHume, H. Harold (Hardrada Harold)
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The Pecan and its Culture
Hume, H. Harold (Hardrada Harold)
Pecan
JUMBO. Size large, 1-5/8 x 7/8 inches; ovate, slightly
tapering; color grayish-brown marked with a few narrow streaks
about the apex; base rounded; apex four-angled, wedged,
blunt-pointed; shell brittle, of medium thickness, 1.3 mm.;
partitions thick, corky; cracking quality medium; kernel full,
plump, straw-yellow in color, primary sutures broad, deep,
secondary sutures almost lacking; texture fairly solid, fine
grained; flavor sweet, good; quality very good.
Described from specimens received from Summit Nurseries,
Monticello, Fla.
KENNEDY. Large, 1-3/4 x 7/8 inches; ovate-conical, flattened;
color dull brownish-gray, marked with a few narrow streaks of
purplish-black about the apex; base rounded; apex
sharp-pointed, flattened on two sides; shell of medium
thickness, .98 mm.; cracking quality very good; partitions
thin; kernel bright, plump, full, smooth with narrow sutures of
medium depth and secondary ones marked by a line; texture firm
and compact, flavor rich, sweet; quality excellent.
Described from specimens received from Dr. J. B. Curtis, Orange
Heights, Fla. Origin similar to Curtis.
KENTUCKY GEM. Listed. (Burnette, F. H., Bul. La. Exp. Station,
sec. ser. No. 69, 1902, p. 875.)
KIDD. Illustrated in Farm and Ranch, Vol. 23, No. 49, Dec. 3,
1904, p. 1.
KINCAID. Size medium to large, 1-5/8 x 1 inches; ovate
compressed with well defined sutures; color light
brownish-yellow, bright, marked with narrow splashes of
purplish-black at the apex; base almost flattened,
blunt-tipped; apex blunt-pointed, slightly wedged, four-angled;
shell brittle, compact, thin, .98 mm.; partitions thick, corky;
cracking quality very good; kernel very full and plump, smooth,
bright, light straw-colored, primary sutures broad and deep,
secondary sutures creased and very shallow; texture fine
grained, solid, compact; flavor sweet, rich, good; quality
excellent; a good keeper.
Described from specimens received from E. E. Rislen, San Saba,
Texas. This apparently is a very good variety of pecan.
[Illustration: FIG. 7. Shaifer. Ideal. Ladyfinger. Kernel of Atlanta.]
KRACK-EZY. Medium, ovoid, very thin shell, 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;
shell thin, 1. mm.; partitions of medium thickness; cracking
quality excellent; kernel small and narrow, plump full, smooth,
sutures narrow and shallow; flavor sweet, good; quality very
good.
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