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Excerpt from Pecan Culture: With Special Reference to Propagation and Varieties In comparison with certain fruits the value of the pecan crop Of 1909 was approximately one-ninetieth that Of apples, one-thirtieth that of peaches and nectarines combined, one-ninth that Of pears, One - eighth that of cherries, and one-quarter that of Florida oranges. In the number of farms from which nut trees were reported this species easily takes first rank, as pecan trees were reported from farms, black walnuts from farms, Persian walnuts from farms, and almonds from farms. Therefore 16 per cent more farmers were engaged in raising pecans than black walnuts, 124 per cent more than Persian walnuts, and 523 per cent more than almonds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.