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Fig. 59.—Five Forms of Choice, Thin-shelled Pecans. Also Wild Nut Showing Difference in Size.—(By permission American Nut and Fruit Co.)
million bushels. Fifty bushels per acre is considered a good average yield. An important point in the production of good peanuts is the selection of the seeds. The most vigorous and well formed kernels are to be selected for planting, and especially those that are produced by plants of identical size and