m; ovate; shell thin; partitions
thin; kernel plump; quality good. D. L. Pierson, Monticello,
Fla. Grown from seed procured from Louisiana in 1889. (Hume,
Bul. 54, Florida Exp. Station, 203, 1900.)

EXCELSIOR. A variety reported by Ladd Bros., Stonewall, Miss.
(Listed in "Nut Culture in the United States," U. S. Dept.
Agr., Div. Pomology, 64, 1896.)

EXTRA EARLY. Size medium to large, 1-3/8 x 1 inch; oblong ovoid
abruptly-pointed; color grayish-yellow with small purplish
blotches more or less over the whole surface; base rounded;
apex abruptly-pointed, blunt; shell of medium thickness, 1.15
mm.; partitions of medium thickness; cracking quality good;
kernel filling the shell, plump, smooth, sutures broad, open,
deep, not clasping the shell, color brownish-yellow, texture
open; flavor very good, quality fair.

Described from specimens received from E. E. Risien, San Saba,
Texas; not catalogued, so far as we are aware.

FAUST. (O. D. Faust, Bamberg, S. C.) A pecan of large size;
very long in shape; quite thin shell; kernel separating readily
from shell; quality best. (Report Sec'y Agr., 1891, p. 395:
1892.)

FAVORITA. A variety named and grown at one time by Arthur
Brown, Bagdad, Fla. (Listed in "Nut Culture in the United
States," U. S. Dept, Agr., Div. Pomology, 64, 1896.)

[Illustration: FIG. 5. Frotscher Pecan.]

FRANKLIN. Size medium large, 1-5/8 x 7/8 inches; ovate; color
dull grayish-brown splashed about the apex with purplish-black;
base rounded, blunt-tipped; apex blunt-pointed, four-angled;
shell brittle, of medium thickness, 1.32 mm.; partitions thick;
cracking quality good; kernel full, plump, bright
brownish-yellow, primary sutures of medium width, deep,
secondary ones almost lacking; texture rather coarse, fairly
firm and compact; flavor sweet, good; quality very good.

Described from specimens received from S. W. Peek, Hartwell,
Ga.

FROTSCHER. (Syn.: _Frotscher's Eggshell_, _Eggshell_,
_Olivier_, _Majestic_.) Large, 1-5/8 x 1-7/8 inches;
cylindrical, ovate; color bright yellowish-brown, with a few
black splashes about the apex; base broad, rounded; .9 mm.;
partitions thin; cracking quality excellent; kernel
brownish-yellow, dark veined, frequently slack at one end;
sutures of medium depth, rather na