Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1897 — Remarkable Tree. [ARTICLE]

Remarkable Tree.

Commlesioner Mewborne had s photograph yesterday of a pecan grafted Into a hickory tree on the farm of John M. McKay, near Fayetteville. The grafting was done Feb. 28, 1807, the bud opening May 25 following. The photograph was taken Aug. 30 last, at which time the height of the stalk was five feet and the circumference at the ground twenty inches. The growth of the scion from opening of the bud until Aug. 30, ninety-six days, was five and one-haif feet.-Charlobte Observer.