Going Back in Time
A Pictorial History
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Spraying
Spraying by hand from a mule drawn sprayer. From the Ray L. Livingston Collection.
Spraying by hand from an iron-wheeled tractor. From the Ray L. Livingston Collection.
Spraying by hand from a rubber-tired tractor. Photographed 1964. From the Ray L. Livingston Collection.
From the 1950 Proceedings Southeastern Pecan Growers Association.
From the 1950 Proceedings Southeastern Pecan Growers Association.
Nutrition
Fertilizing by hand. From the Ray L. Livingston Collection.
Fertilizing by a tractor pulled spreader. Photographed 1971. From the Ray L. Livingston Collection.
From the 1950 Proceedings Southeastern Pecan Growers Association.
Harvesting
Knocking off pecans onto sheets. Photographed October 26, 1933, Baldwin, Florida. From the Jerry A. Payne Collection.
Pulling the sheet to the next tree and at the same time collecting the nuts into a pile on a small sheet. Photographed October 26, 1933, Baldwin, Florida. From the Jerry A. Payne Collection.
Separating nuts from leaves by hand. Photographed October 26, 1933, Baldwin, Florida. From the Jerry A. Payne Collection.
Screen used for separating nuts from most of the shucks and leaves. Horizontal bars of galvanized wire about 12 gauge spaced at a distance slightly less than the smallest nut. Photographed October 26, 1933, Baldwin, Flordia. From the Jerry A. Payne Collection.
Portable tray for hand sorting pecans. Photographed October 26, 1933. From the Jerry A. Payne Collection.
From the 1949 Proceedings Southeastern Pecan Growers Association.
Pecan cable shaker - Fore runner of the mechanical tree shaker. Photographed 1963. From the Ray L. Livingston Collection.
From the 1950 Proceedings Southeastern Pecan Growers Association.
Clean cultivation in Georgia. Common up to the late 1960s. Today, clean cultivation is a rarity in Georgia. Photographed 1936, Albany, Georgia by Rulon D. Lewis. From the Jerry A. Payne Collection.
United States Pecan Station, Robson, Louisiana. Photographed 1933. From the Jerry A. Payne Collection
United States Department of Agriculture, Pecan Investigations, Albany, Georgia. Photographed 1934 by Rulon D. Lewis. From the Jerry A. Payne Collection.
From the 1931 First Annual Report Pecan Investigation, Austin and Brownwood, Texas Office of Horticultural Crops & Diseases, Bureau of Plant Industry, US Department of Agriculture. July 1, 1930 to February 28, 1931, Inclusive.
Pecan tree draped in Spanish moss. Photographed 1964. From the Ray L. Livingston Collection.
Cultivars/Varieties
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