The Pecan and its Culture

Nonfiction, Home & Garden, Gardening, Trees, Science & Nature, Technology, Agriculture & Animal Husbandry

• Author: H. Harold Hume
• ISBN: 1230000167681
• Publisher: VolumesOfValue
• Publication: September 2, 2013
• Language: English

This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index

CONTENTS
PART I.
Introduction. Botany.
Chapter I. Commercial and Ornamental Importance of the Pecan.
Chapter II. Native and Cultivated Range.
Chapter III. Pecan Botany.

PART II.
Varieties.
Chapter IV. Varieties.
Chapter V. Pecan Judging.

PART III.
Cultural.
Chapter VI. Propagation of the Pecan.
Chapter VII. Top-working Pecans.
Chapter VIII. Soils and their Preparation.
Chapter IX. What Varieties to Plant.
Chapter X. Purchasing and Planting Pecans.
Chapter XI. Cultivation and Fertilization.
Chapter XII. Pruning.

PART IV.
Harvesting. Marketing.
Chapter XIII. Gathering, Storing and Marketing Pecans.

PART V.
Diseases. Insects.
Chapter XIV. Fungous and other Diseases of the Pecan.
Chapter XV. Insects Attacking the Pecan.

PART VI.
Uses. Literature.
Chapter XVI. Pecan Kernels.
Chapter XVII. Literature.