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112 FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA
Jrecans
Pecan growing is a new industry of great promise in Georgia.
No more attractive proposition can be found in all horticulture.
It not only provides an assured income, but for shade and orna
ment pecans are the aristocrats of all trees in America, rivaling
even the majestic oak and the graceful elm. Pecan trees are
shapely, stately, clean, deep-rooted and long lived. They are
natives of the Southern states and thrive throughout the entire
cotton belt. In the Flint River valley of Georgia, in what is
known as the Albany District, the soil and climate has been found
to be particularly favorable to their development. Already over
sixty thousand acres in the district are planted in pecans, which
constitutes probably half of the total area of cultivated pecan
groves in the country. In fact Albany, Georgia, has become the
acknowledged hub of the pecan universe.
The slogan of the pecan enthusiast is the advice given by a
veteran grower some twenty-five years ago to one who became
a pioneer in the Albany district: "Young man, set out a pecan
grove, and when you are old it will support you." One of the
many young men who have profitably followed this advice is
PECAN ORCHARD AND NURSERY OF W. P. DULLARD, NEAR ALBANY