The Pecan and its Culture

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PRIMATE. (W. R. Stuart, Ocean Springs, Miss.) Of medium size,
     slender, rather long; shell thin; quality good; ripens in
     September, thirty days before the other nuts. (Report Sec.
     Agr., 1893, 295: 1894.)

     POST. (Syn.: _Port's Select in part_.) Size medium, 1-3/4 x 1
     inches; short, obovate, compressed on the upper half color
     light brownish-yellow, marked with a few purplish splashes
     about the apex; base rounded; apex blunt, abruptly shouldered;
     shell of medium thickness, 1.35 mm.; partitions thick; cracking
     quality medium; kernel plump, bright straw-colored, deeply
     grooved and wrinkled, texture firm, solid; flavor sweet,
     delicate; quality good.

     Described from specimens from the original tree, received from
     Wm. A. Taylor, U. S. Department of Agriculture. The original
     seedling tree stands on H. B. Freeman's farm on the Colorado
     river bottom, San Saba county, Texas. It took its name from Mr.
     Post, a former owner of the place.[F]

     RANDALL. (Syn.: _Curtis No. 3._) Small, 1-3/8 x 1 inches;
     ovate-oblong; color grayish-brown splashed with broad marks of
     purplish-brown, and covered with small dots throughout; base
     rounded; apex abruptly blunt-pointed; shell rough, of medium
     thickness; cracking quality very good; partitions corky, of
     medium thickness, 1.25 mm.; kernel medium size, smooth,
     roundish sutures, reddish-yellow in color; texture firm and
     compact; flavor sweet and good; quality very good.

     Specimens for description obtained of Dr. J. B. Curtis, Orange
     Heights, Fla. Origin similar to Curtis.

     REPTON. Large, shell rather whitish one end round, the other
     decidedly pointed; black points; meat sweet and tender; tree
     remarkably beautiful. From one Repton tree, said to be forty
     years old, over five hundred pounds of nuts were gathered the
     season of 1904. (Helen Harcourt, "Florida Fruits and How to
     Grow Them," 1886, p. 212.)

     RIBERA. Size above medium; oblong-ovate; cracking quality good;
     shell thin; kernel plump, light brown, free from the bitter,
     red, corky growth which adheres to the shell; meat yellow;
     tender, with rich, delicate, pleasant flavor, (Report Sec.
     Agr., 1893, 295: 1894.)

     RISIEN. Large ovate; quality excellent. E. K. Risien, San Saba,
     Texas. (Thomas' American Fruit Culturist, 21st Ed., 453, 1903.)


     ROBSON. A medium-sized, very thin-shelled nut, oblong ovoid in
     shape. A comparatively new variety, but of considerable merit.
     (Bacon's Cat., 1904, p. 28.)