The Pecan And Its Culture

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Author

Hume, H. Harold (Hardrada Harold), 1875-1965

Title

The Pecan and its Culture

Credits

Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by Cornell University Digital Collections.)

Language

English

LoC Class

SB: Agriculture: Plant culture

Subject

Pecan

Category

Text

eBook-No.

28065

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28065

Release Date

February 13, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE PECAN — AND — ITS CULTURE — BY
2. 2.H. HAROLD HUME
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.PREFACE.
6. 6.Introduction. Botany.
7. 7.THE PECAN AND ITS CULTURE.
8. 8.CHAPTER I. — COMMERCIAL AND ORNAMENTAL IMPORTANCE OF THE PECAN. — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.CHAPTER II. — NATIVE AND CULTIVATED RANGE. — Cultural Area.
10. 10.CHAPTER III. — PECAN BOTANY. — Pollination .
11. 11.PART II. — Varieties.
12. 12.CHAPTER IV. — VARIETIES OF PECANS. — Classification of Varieties. — HYBRID PECANS. — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.CHAPTER V. — PECAN JUDGING. — Explanatory Notes, Character and Condition of Samples.
14. 14.PART III. — Cultural.
15. 15.CHAPTER VI. — PROPAGATION OF THE PECAN. — Seedling vs. Grafted Trees. — Pecan Stocks. — Storing and Planting Seed Nuts. — Cultivation of Nursery Seedlings. — The Necessary Materials and Tools. — Selection of Scions. — Time. — Budding. — Grafting. — After-care. — FOOTNOTES:
16. 16.CHAPTER VII. — TOP-WORKING PECANS. — Methods of Operation. — Care of Top-Worked Trees.
17. 17.CHAPTER VIII. — SOILS AND THEIR PREPARATION. — Preparation.
18. 18.CHAPTER IX. — WHAT VARIETIES TO PLANT. — Varieties Recommended for Different Sections. — General Recommendations.
19. 19.CHAPTER X. — PURCHASING AND PLANTING PECANS. — Cost of Nursery Stock. — Detecting Bogus Trees. — Planting Pecan Trees. — Planting Systems. — Laying Out Before Planting.
20. 20.CHAPTER XI. — CULTIVATION AND FERTILIZATION. — Fertilization. — Applying the Fertilizer.
21. 21.CHAPTER XII. — PRUNING. — High vs. Low-Headed Trees. — Time to Prune. — Care of Broken Trees. — Nursery Root-Pruning. — Root Trimming Before Planting.
22. 22.PART IV. — Harvesting. Marketing.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIII. — GATHERING, STORING AND MARKETING PECANS.
24. 24.PART V. — Diseases. Insects.
25. 25.CHAPTER XIV. — FUNGOUS AND OTHER DISEASES OF THE PECAN. — FOOTNOTES:
26. 26.CHAPTER XV. — INSECTS ATTACKING THE PECAN. — Feeding Habits of Insects . — Insects Attacking Buds and Leaves . — Insects Attacking the Trunk and Branches . — Insects Attacking the Fruit . — FOOTNOTES:
27. 27.PART VI. — Uses. Literature.
28. 28.CHAPTER XVI. — PECAN KERNELS. — Nut-Crackers . — Pecan Oil.
29. 29.CHAPTER XVII. — PECAN LITERATURE.
30. 30.INDEX.

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