Part 2 (1/2)

ATLANTA. Size medium, 1-7/8 x 7/8 x 11/16 inches; ovate, compressed; color dull gray liberally specked with small, dark dots, splashed with purplish markings from middle to apex; base sloping, blunt-pointed; apex sloping, short-pointed; sh.e.l.l brittle, moderately thin; part.i.tions rather thick, corky; cracking quality quite good; kernel full, plump, sutures narrow of medium depth, secondary sutures lacking; color light yellowish-brown, bright; texture solid, compact; flavor sweet, good; quality very good.

Originated by G. M. Bacon, DeWitt, Ga., and first catalogued about 1900.

BACON. (Syn.: _Bacon's Choice_.) Size small, 1-1/4 x 7/8 inches; rounded, compressed toward the apex; color dull brownish-gray, thickly dotted with dark specks, liberally splashed with purplish-brown markings toward the apex; base rounded; apex abruptly blunt-pointed; sh.e.l.l thin, .85 mm.; cracking quality excellent; part.i.tions thin, papery; kernel roundish, bright, light brownish-yellow, plump, full, smooth, sutures broad, of medium depth; flavor sweet, nutty, good; quality very good.

A small pecan of good quality, originated by G. M. Bacon, DeWitt, Ga., and introduced by him in 1900.

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 2. Money-maker, Post, San Saba, Half Kernel of Bacon]

BARTOW. Medium size, thin sh.e.l.l and fine flavor. (Bacon's Cat., page 29, 1904.)

BEAUTY. Ill.u.s.trated in ”The Pecan and How to Grow It.” (Stuart Pecan Co., 1893, p. 59, fig. 5.)

BELLE. Medium, ovate, quality very good. (J. V. Munson, Farm and Ranch, Dec. 3, 1904, p. 2.)

BIEDIGER. Listed in ”Nut Culture in the United States,” U. S.

Dept. Agr., Div. Pomology, 64, 1896.

BILOXI. (W. R. Stuart, Ocean Springs, Miss.) Medium size, cylindrical, pointed at each end; surface quite regular, light brown; sh.e.l.l thin; cracking quality medium; kernel plump, with yellowish-brown surface; free from astringency, of good quality, and keeps well without becoming rancid. Introduced several years ago by W. R. Stuart as Mexican Paper-sh.e.l.l, but the name has since been changed to Biloxi. (Report Sec. Agr., 1893. 295, 1894).

BLACK JACK. Listed in ”Nut Culture in the United States,” U. S.

Dept. Agr., Div. Pomology, 64, 1896.

BOLTON. Size medium, 1-3/8 x 1 inches; ovate conical; color dull gray marked with purplish-brown blotches about the apex; base rounded; apex angled, blunt, sloping gradually from the center; sh.e.l.l thick, 1.9 mm.; part.i.tions thick; cracking quality medium; kernel brownish-yellow, somewhat wrinkled; sutures broad, deep, inner surface wrinkled, broadly oval in outline, texture rather open; flavor sweet, nutty; quality good.

Originated in Jefferson county, Florida. Described from specimens received from J. H. Girardeau, Monticello, Fla.

BRACKETT. Named for our U. S. Pomologist. It is a very fine market pecan, unexcelled in richness of flavor, and has a thin sh.e.l.l. Trees are fine growers, heavy bearers, and with proper care and attention come into bearing at six years old. (Bacon's Cat., 1900).

BRADLEY. Large, oblong, ovoid, sh.e.l.l thin, kernel plump, best.

(J. V. Munson, Farm and Ranch, Dec. 3, 1904, p. 2.)

BRIDEX. Listed in ”Nut Culture in the United States,” U. S.

Dept. Agr., Div. Pomology, 64, 1896.

BULLETS. A decided novelty in pecans. As its name indicates, it is of bullet shape, being almost perfectly round. It has a fine flavor, sh.e.l.l is very thin. (Bacon's Cat., 1900).

CAPITAL. Size medium to large, 1-7/8 x 7/8 x 3/4 inches; ovate oblong, compressed with well-marked sutures; color light-brown streaked and splashed with purplish-brown markings from center to apex; base rounded, blunt-tipped; apex abruptly short-pointed, nippled; sh.e.l.l brittle, of medium thickness, 1.3 mm.; part.i.tions of medium thickness; cracking quality very good; kernel plump, filling the sh.e.l.l, brownish-yellow in color, primary sutures broad and fairly deep, secondary ones well defined, running almost the length of the kernel; texture rather open; flavor good; quality good.

Described from specimens received from Mr. Theo. Bechtel, Ocean Springs, Miss.

CARMAN. Size medium, 1-7/8 x 3/4 inches; oblong, compressed; color light yellowish-brown marked with splashes and blotches of brownish-black about the apex; base rounded, blunt-tipped; apex abruptly-pointed, shouldered and four-angled; sh.e.l.l brittle of medium thickness, 1.2 mm.; part.i.tions thin; cracking quality very good; kernel long, slender, plump, straw-colored, sutures straight, narrow, shallow; texture firm, compact; flavor sweet, pleasant; quality very good.

Described from specimens received from Prof. F. H. Burnette, Baton Rouge, La. Originated and introduced by Mr. S. H. James, Mound, La.

CENTENNIAL. Size large, 2 x 7/8 x 3/4 inches; oblong, compressed, constricted in the middle, with well marked sutures; color grayish-brown, bright, marked with a few purplish markings in the grooves at the apex; base tapering to a blunt point; apex tapering, pointed, wedge-shaped, sometimes curved; sh.e.l.l medium thick, 1.5 mm.; part.i.tions thin; cracking quality medium; kernel plump, full, brownish-yellow, bright, sutures rather small, straight, secondary ones marked by a line, surface rather wrinkled; flavor sweet, delicate; quality very good.

Described from specimens received from Mr. J. F. Jones, Monticello, Fla. ”The original tree stood on the Anita plantation of Mr. Amant Bourgeois, on the east bank of the Mississippi river in St. James Parish, La.”[C] It was destroyed March 14, 1890, by the Anita Creva.s.se. Sixteen trees were grafted in 1846 and 1847 by the slave gardener, Antoine, of Mr.

Telesph.o.r.e J. Roman, owner of Oak Alley plantation. Two of these earlier trees are still standing. Nuts were exhibited at the Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, in 1876, by Hubert Bonzano. Under the name Centennial, it was probably first catalogued by the late Richard Frotscher, of New Orleans, in 1885.