The Pecan and its Culture — David Hume — John Shaqi
The Pecan and its Culture
David Hume · en
The above description was made from specimens received from the
J. Steckler Seed Co., New Orleans, La. The original tree stands
in the garden of H. J. Pharr, Olivier, La.; the place was
formerly owned by Oscar Olivier. The variety was first
propagated by William Nelson, and catalogued as Frotscher's
Eggshell, by Richard Frotscher, in 1885. The variety is
precocious, productive, and succeeds over a wide range of
country.
[Illustration: Fig. 6. Georgia Pecan.]
GEORGIA. (Syn.: _Georgia Giant_.) Size large, 1-1/2 x 1/8 x 1
inches; rounded ovate; color brownish-gray marked with splashes
and dots of dark brown covering a good part of the surface;
base rounded; apex tapering, blunt; shell brittle, medium in
thickness, 1.3 mm.; cracking quality medium; partitions thick,
corky, red; kernel bright reddish-brown, plump, full, rather
deeply sutured, two secondary sutures fairly well developed;
texture compact, fine grained; flavor sweet, good; quality very
good.
Originated and introduced by G. M. Bacon, DeWitt, Ga. Said to
be a precocious and prolific bearer.
GEORGIA MELON. Size above medium, short, rather blunt at apex;
cracking quality medium, shell thick; kernel plump, brown;
meat yellow, moderately tender, pleasant, good. (Report Sec.
Agr., 1893, 295: 1894.)
GIANT. Named, and at cue time propagated, by Louis Biediger,
Idlewild, Tex. (Listed in "Nut Culture in the United States,"
64, 1896.)
GONZALES. (T. V. Munson, Denison, Tex.) Above medium size, with
firm, clean shell; quality excellent. Originated in Gonzales
county, Tex. (Report Sec. Agr. 1893, 295: 1894.)
GRAFF. Named, and at one time propagated, by Louis Biediger,
Idlewild, Tex. (Listed in "Nut Culture in the United States,"
64, 1896.)
HALBERT. Very large, oval, shell thick, fair quality. (T. V.
Munson, Farm and Ranch, p. 2, Dec. 3rd, 1904.)
HAMILTON. (Syn.: _R. Hamilton_.) Illustrated in Farm and Ranch,
Vol. 23, No. 49, p. 1, Dec. 3rd, 1904.
HARCOURT. (Syn.: _Helen Harcourt_?) Size medium, short,
slightly acorn-shaped; cracking qualities medium; Shell rather
thick, but very smooth inside; kernel short, very plump; meat
yellow; very tender; rich; very good. (Report Sec. Agr., 1893,
295: 1894.)
HAVENS. Large. 1-7/8 x 1 x 7/8 inches; ovate, compressed; color
dull gray specked and splashed with purplish-brown; base
rounded, blunt-tipped; apex abruptly short-pointed,
four-angled; shell brittle, thin, .85 mm.; partitions of medium
thickness; cracking quality excellent; kernel very plump, full,
brownish-yellow marked with dark specks, primary sutures
narrow, deep, secondary ones very slightly marked, bottom ends
of halves of kernel divided; texture solid, compact, fine
grained; flavor sweet, good; quality very good.