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The facts about the pecan seem to be that it was native to alluvium; therefore, having had opportunity to get food easily, it has not developed ability to fight for food in less favorable locations. The pecan, therefore, needs deep friable and moderately moist soil such as would naturally produce a forest of white oak, hickory, and walnut trees.

With soil, as with probably everything clse, continued experience will probably disclose new problems.

After fifteen years of experimenting with it and submitting it to many rough tests, I find that the transplanted pecan