Greenriver

Tree is located in the same grove with the Major, is about 3 feet in diameter, 35 feet to first limb, crop 1912 reported 260 pounds and has not missed a crop in twelve years.  Have had no report for 1915.

Kentucky

Crop 1912, 41/2 bushels; since that has borne good crops, but do not know the exact amount, but fair crop this year.  The owner says it has only missed two crops in twenty years.

Warrick

This tree bears very regularly, but owing to the fact that it has been cut so severely for propagating wood has not made any heavy yields the past few years.  The old wood has heavy crop this season.

This practically covers the named list of varieties for the Indiana pecan belt.  I might say, however, that most of the native trees are bearing a very good crop of pecans this season in our country.

Observations on Propagated Trees

The Busseron has shown a stronger tendency to early bearing than any other variety.  The Major and Greenriver seem to be the best growers in the nursery, with very heavy foliage.  The Posey makes a very stocky tree but seems to be one of the most difficult to propagate.

Southern Varieties

The summer of 1914 we had the Stuart, Delmas and Schley.  The first killing frost was a severe cold snap; mercury dropped to 10 above zero, November 22d.  Foliage on these perfectly green as well as the nuts.  The Stuart seemed to have about matured fruit although foliage was green.  Husk on nuts had burst open ready to drop.  The fruit which looked to be ripe, however, when cracked, the kernel looked plump, but when cut open was found pithy and more like a piece of cork.

Stuart tree bearing this season nuts at present, September 1st, only half grown, while Busseron alongside in nursery row is full size.  The northern varieties usually mature ready to gather October 1st; the Indianas in the jar on the table were gathered September 28th last year.

High Land versus Low Land.  Pecans in High Land

There have been a number of articles written by men well posted claiming that the pecan will not bear or thrive except on the cultivated bottom lands of our valleys and streams.  The writer wishes to disprove this erroneous idea.  It is not borne out by facts.  On the farm of W. J. Coan of Bruceville, Knox County, Ind., there are a number of pecans planted from ten to fifteen years ago.  Part of these trees are on bottom land and part on high land.  This high land is heavy clay underlaid with considerable hardpan.  The writer visited these trees two weeks ago and has photographs showing four trees in a group that were planted fifteen years ago that have borne for the past six years, each crop getting better.  At the present time I would judge they are bearing at least one bushel to the tree.  A single tree in the barnyard has not made the growth owing to the