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Title: Pictorial review of the city of Paris and Lamar county, Texas ..
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Benton, F(rank) Weber, 1855- (from old catalog) Beach, Edgar R., (from old catalog) jt. author
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Publisher: St. Louis, Benton, Beach & Daniels
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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f swine not only exist, but fatten sufficiently to make good meatwithout any other food than wild nuts, acorns and fruits, and yetmillions ot bushels r t upon the ground annually. The pecan ispr-ibably the most valuable nut, having a large rich kernel, veryoily and of delicious flavor. Some trees produce 30 to 50 bushelsof nuts, which are an important article of commerce. Numerousvarieties of hickory and also black walnuts grow in all parts ofthe county and yield abundantly. The acorn crop is probablyequal in quantity to all other varieties of mast. The yield issimply enormous—not less than five millions of bushels perannum, estimating the woodlands of the county to comprise 288,-000 acres and ten trees to the acre, bearing two bushels each.Any person familiar with the subject will bear testimony that theabove estimate is by no means extravagant, but rather far belowthe actual yield—probably one-third. The trees begin to bearwhen very young, some varieties when mere bushes and the
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WBSTWOOD, COUNIK.* HktolukACA u* J. 1. ^kk^ PARIS, AND LAMAR COUNTY 49 branches are literally loaded with acorns. In many localitieshundreds of these trees grow upon an acre and occupy hundredsof acres, interspersed with a few trees of larger growth. Thevarieties best known are the post oak, burr oak, white oak, black-jack and red and Spanish oak. The acorn of the burr oak is aslarge as a hens egg and has a very thin shell. Of the acorn mastthere are two distinct varieties—the bitter and the sweet. Acornsripen and begin to fall early in autumn, and the sweet are goodTeed for swine as soon as ripe, but the bitter are not good untiltouched by frost, when they become sweet and nutritious. WILD FRUITS, BERRIES, ETC. - ,•• Lamar county is noted for the great variety and value of itswild fruits, which grow in great abundance in the woodlands.The large summer grape, which ripens about the first of August,is excellent for wine, and the smaller variety makes good pre-serves. The Muscadin

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