are natural size.

For the origin and synonomy of many varieties credit must be given to
the excellent work of Mr. William A. Taylor, of the United States
Department of Agriculture, who has probably done more than any one else
to straighten out the tangled nomenclature of the pecan.

CLASSIFICATION OF VARIETIES.

Heretofore, no attempt has been made to group or classify the different
varieties of pecans. Classification does not become necessary until the
number of varieties has increased sufficiently. The following
classification of the varieties with which the author is acquainted, is
based entirely upon the shape of the nuts. No classification of those
varieties of which descriptions are copied has been attempted, as the
descriptions are frequently so meagre as to render it impossible:

1. _Varieties:_ Hound or roundish oblong. Types--Post, Hollis,
Money-maker.

Bacon, Bolton, Extra Early, Georgia, Hollis, Money-maker, Post,
Randall, San Saba, Thomas.

2. _Varieties:_ Oblong, rounded at the base, blunt and
quadrangular at the apex. Types--Pabst, Success.

Frotscher, Pabst, Pegram, Perfection, Success, Sweetmeat.

3. _Varieties:_ Oblong in general outline, rounded, blunt and
abruptly tipped at the base, and abruptly short-pointed at the
apex. Types--Russell, Stuart.

Alley, Carman, Capital, Franklin, Havens, Jacocks, James No. 1,
Kincaid, Lewis, Moore, Morris, Russell, Stuart.

4. _Varieties:_ Oblong cylindrical to almost conical, rounded
at the base, sloping from the middle or above to the
sharp-pointed apex. Types--Jewett, Curtis, Schley.

Clarke, Curtis, Daisy, Dalzell, Dewey, Hume, James' Giant,
Jewett, Kennedy, Mammoth, Rome, Schley, Young.

5. _Varieties:_ Usually long in proportion to thickness, more
or less pointed at both base and apex. Types--Atlanta, Ideal,
Schaifer.

Atlanta, Centennial, Delmas, Domestic, Ideal, James'
Paper-shell, Ladyfinger, Longfellow, Louisiana, Monarch, Money,
Schaifer, Van Deman.

6. _Hybrid Varieties:_ Nussbaumer, McCallister, Schneck,
Pooshee, Westbrook.

ALBA. Size below medium, cylindrical, with pointed apex;
cracking quality good; shell of medium thickness; corky shell
lining thick, adhering to the kernel; kernel plump, light
colored; quality good. (Report Sec. Agr., 1893: 295, 1894).

ALLEY. Size medium, 1-5