﻿(( 
  

  

  Edwards 
  & 
  Patterson's 
  pecans, 
  

   actual 
  size, 
  sent 
  to 
  us 
  as 
  fair 
  

   average 
  samples 
  of 
  nuts 
  grown 
  

   on 
  unblasted 
  and 
  blasted 
  trees. 
  

   The 
  pecan 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  was 
  grown 
  

   on 
  a 
  tree 
  in 
  unblasted 
  soil, 
  — 
  at 
  

   the 
  bottom 
  is 
  the 
  pecan 
  grown 
  

   where 
  the 
  soil 
  was 
  blasted. 
  

  

  NO, 
  we 
  would 
  not 
  

   think 
  of 
  planting 
  

   a 
  tree 
  without 
  using 
  

   dynamite." 
  — 
  

  

  Extract 
  from 
  a 
  letter 
  received 
  from 
  Edwards 
  & 
  

   Patterson, 
  Milledgeville, 
  Ga., 
  who 
  are 
  amongst 
  

   Georgia's 
  best 
  known 
  pecan 
  growers. 
  

  

  Blasting 
  with 
  RED 
  CROSS 
  EX- 
  

   PLOSIVES 
  shatters 
  the 
  com- 
  

   pact 
  soil, 
  extends 
  the 
  feeding 
  

   area 
  of 
  roots 
  and 
  increases 
  the 
  

   water-holding 
  capacity 
  of 
  the 
  

   ground. 
  

  

  Tree-planting 
  in 
  blasted 
  ground 
  is 
  "life 
  

  

  insurance" 
  for 
  all 
  kinds 
  of 
  fruit 
  and 
  nut 
  

  

  trees. 
  Plant 
  your 
  pecans 
  in 
  blasted 
  

  

  ground, 
  and 
  stop 
  first-year 
  losses. 
  

  

  Write 
  for 
  HANDBOOK 
  OF 
  EXPLOSIVES 
  

   telling 
  about 
  tree-planting 
  and 
  other 
  ways 
  of 
  

   using 
  RED 
  CROSS 
  EXPLOSIVES. 
  

  

  E. 
  I. 
  du 
  PONT 
  de 
  NEMOURS 
  & 
  CO. 
  

  

  WILMINGTON. 
  DEL. 
  

  

  Vincennes 
  Nurseries 
  

  

  PROPAGATORS 
  OF 
  

  

  The 
  Pecan 
  The 
  Chestnut 
  

  

  The 
  Persian 
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  The 
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