at, to all appearances, was a
pecan nut. The foliage and general aspect of the tree closely
resembles the pecan, though the serrations on the leaves are
coarser and larger. The fruit resembles, in many respects, that
of _Hicoria minima_, and, in short, it appears to be a
well-marked hybrid between that species and _Hicoria pecan_.

FOOTNOTES:

[C] Taylor, Wm. A., Yearbook, 1904.

[D] Letter from Mr. S. H. Graves, dated June 19th, 1903.

[E] The Nut Grower, p. 119, March, 1904.

[F] Taylor, Wm. A., Yearbook, U. S. Dept. Agriculture, 1904.

[G] Taylor, Wm. A., Yearbook, 1904.

[H] Wm. A. Taylor, Yearbook, 1904.

CHAPTER V.

PECAN JUDGING.

Every grower of the pecan should be a judge of pecan nuts, and the ideas
of growers, while they may differ on certain minor points, should agree
on the more important characters of the nut. To enable growers,
nurserymen and judges to work on a common standard of merit, a scale of
points, in which each individual characteristic of the nut may receive a
certain fixed number of credits, is indispensable.

At the second annual meeting of the National Nut Growers' Association,
held in New Orleans, the following scale of points for judging pecans
was adopted:

PECAN NUTS.

_External characters._ _Points._
Size, 20
Form, 5
Color, 5
_Shell characters._
Thinness, 10
Cracking quality, 20
_Kernel characters._
Plumpness, 20
Color, 5
Quality, 15
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Total, 100

_Tree._ _Points._
Vigor, 10
Habit, 10
Toughness, 10
Resistance to disease, insects, 10
Precocity, 10
Uniformity of ripening, 10
Productiveness, 40
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Total, 100

The rating of a variety to be determined by averaging the rating of nut
and tree.

EXPLANATORY NOTES, CHARACT