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NEW LIGHT ON VARIETIES OF
n . pecans a :;-
S-lf-fertile and Self-teril. Varieties
Require Different System of Plant-
log; How to Distinguish Each Class
NO mattcrlwhat may be the princi-j
pal crop or livestock - product,'
every farmer in the: Cotton Belt
should be theowner of pecan- trees,
whether merely for home use -or for
sale Hence - Progressive v Farmer
readers should be .interested in the:
new and -valuable information re
garding varieties -of ,: pecans, contrib
uted by H.. P. S.tuckey in . Bulletin;
No. 124 of. the Georgia -Experiment
Station. ' , '' . --""
In this bulletin the author deals
with the principal .varieties-of pecans
with reference to their power of self
pollination. This means, on a prac
tical basis, that the, bulletin is con-,
cerned with determining tho .ques
inn whether one is safe in planting
a single variety of pecans; or whether .
pecans, like certain v varieues ui.
grapes, pears and apples, make larger
yields when certain combinations of
varieties are planted' neax together.
Doubtless the work of Mr. Stuckejr,
who is the Horticulturist of the Geor
gia Experiment Station,; affords ' an
answer to the. question "why some
plantings of pecans'-produce unsatis
factory yields of nuts. He approached
the question trom tne standpoint i
the scientist by studying the relative
time at which- the pollen of : each
variety of pecans begins to shed, and
the time when the pistils (which are
destined to produce the'future nuts)
are ready to receive this pollen. The
practical result, of this scientific
method was to: enable ;him to divide
the commonly grown varieties of pe
cans into two "groups, as follows:
Group 1, varieties of which the
shedding of pollen and ;the receptive
stage of the pistil occurred about the
same time, thus insuring the pollina
tion of a full number of pistils (or
embryo nuts), even though any one
of these varieties should be -planted
at a great distance from any other
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Group 2, varieties on which many,
or even practically all, of the pistils
have passed the period; when . pollen
would affect them before" the pollen
of the same variety is shed. In this
group, therefore, we should normally
expect that each variety would bear
larger crops .if planted near some
other variety shedding its pollen, at
the proper time. v
The following is the list of varie
ties in broup 1: ; r .
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Alley,
Beverage,
Triumph,
Centennial,-
Mobile,
Mantura,
Nelson,
Pabst,
Randal,
Rome,
Jerome,
Robson
San Saba,
Under group 2 the author places the
following varieties:
Appomattox,
Atlanta,
- Bradley,
Curtis,
Frotscher, Stuart,
Moneymaker, Teche,
Pan-American Van Deman
President, , Young,
Russell, - v . e
The thorough ' work of the -author
goes still further and enables a care
ful observer, to determine whether
his pecan trees (even if they consist
of other varieties than those studied
by Mr. Stuckey) belong' ia the first
or second group. He finds that the
varieties of the first (self-fertile or
sejfsufficient group) may be distin
gu!W' the careful observer who
t -i&f the Allowing' peculiarities
J JJ.tassel-like pollen-bearing cat--Kmsi'.or
even the kind of leafy scale's
tnat enclose the bud from which the
catkin w soon" to -develop.' These
seit-fertile varieties have' catkins that
are relatively broad, '-thariSr having
rger diameter than, those. of: the
in 6 u ,s ne bd scales enclos
es the future catkins are; in this
rnlUp ra,ther shorthand -brbadas
compared with their length. "
n,? u 0ther h"d the self-sterile
whE? -aS 5atk'ns of small, diameter,
bv 1 2 the bud stage-are shielded
llratllcr conspicuous, relatively
,0ng' narrow' bud scales.? ?
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