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to bear transplanting- in orchard without 

 Injury to the trees. They should all grow 

 If properly planted. Our customers who 

 have planted both grades of trees will en- 

 dorse this statement. 



The 1912 crop of Pecans is the smallest 

 in the historv of the pecan industry. 

 PRIZE PECAN TREE. 



Bearing-, Although Only Planted Pour 

 Years Ago. 



Louisiana lands have always been classed 

 among the best productive of any State in 

 the Union, the soil being fertile and the 

 climate just the right kind for planting of 

 all kinds, and many great things have been 

 done by the planters and gardeners of this 

 State. 



J. W. Supple, of the well-known firm of 

 J. Supple's Sons' Planting Company, Ltd., 

 of Bayou Goula, La., bought a pecan tree 

 from the J. Steckler Seed Company, Ltd., 

 four years ago, and immediately planted 

 it. He gave a great deal of time to the 

 tree, which has grown to be quite a curi- 

 osity on acount of its size. The trunk 

 of the tree, a foot above the ground, is but 

 as round as a half dollar, and the tree 

 has twenty-one fully-developed pecans on 

 it, all of a fine quality. — From the N. .O 

 Picayune. 



APPROXIMATE NUMBER OP PECAN 

 NUTS PER POUND, CROP 1912. 



Steckler's Mammoth, 42 to the pound. 



Frotscher's Egg Shell, 57 to the pound. 



Centennial, 57 to the pound. 



Seedlings, 200 to the pound. 



GALBREATH'S PECAN BUDDER.— $3.75 

 each. Postage 6c. extra. 



NELSON'S ANNULAR BUDDING 



KNIFE, for budding Pecan trees, $3.50 

 each. Postage 4c. extra. 



TEE GREAT GRIP NUT SEELLEE.- 



A perfect sheller with a light spring- ac- 

 tion that works easier than a ticket 

 punch — that squeezes just so far and no 

 farther, and compels a neat, workmanlike 

 job — that opens the shell ten times more 

 scientifically than any other device or 

 plan in existence. Manufactured in the 

 highest art style — drop forged, carbon 

 steel, dental nickel finish, and handles that 

 perfectly fit the smallest hand. Price, 

 $1.50; postage 10c. extra, in this superb 

 finish, and at $5.00, by express only, for 

 the de luxe silver finish in the specially 

 designed art case to match. 



PERPECTION PECAN AND NUT 



CRACKER. — Fasten to a table, desk, chair, 

 or any convenient place, placing- the nut in 

 the fixed pocket with one hand, give sharp 

 tap with finger of other hand on end of the 

 handle bar, causing movable head to tighten 

 quickly against nut; as it begins to crack 

 give handle a quick turn forward, the shell 

 bursts immediately at the center, loosen- 

 ing the meat so as to be easily removed 

 unbroken. A few trials will show you just 

 what pressure is necessary and enable you 

 to crack nuts perfectly. Price. $2.00. 



Same as above, to be used by hand only, 

 $1.75. 



Walnut Trees. 



ENGLISH WALNUTS.— $1.00 per tree. 

 Nuts $1.00 per pound; by mail 10c. extra. 

 JAPANESE WALNUTS. — Jaglans Japon- 



ica Cordiformis. — Another variety of Japan- 

 ese fruit, the trees of which will bear here 

 as well as the above mentioned Chestnut. 

 The fruit is nearly the size of the English 

 Walnut, heart-shaped, and, although hard 

 shelled, is very easy to open. The seed 

 which we offer is of our own importation. 

 Price, $1.00 per pound; by mail, 10c. extra; 

 trees at $1.00 each. 



BERRIES. 



Blackberries. 



Cultural Directions. — Blackberries thrive 

 on almost any soil, but the most desirable 

 is a strong loam, retentive of moisture, 

 tending toward clay rather than sand, but 

 soil must be well drained at all times. 

 Fertilizers containing a good proportion of 

 potash are the most desirable; too much 

 humus or nitrogen will induce a rank 

 growth of wood at the expense of the fruit. 

 As a preventive for rust, spray with copper 

 sulphate solution during the fall and win- 

 ter, and with Bordeaux (4-6-50) during the 

 spring and summer. The rows should be 

 6 to 8 feet apart, and the plants from 3 to 

 4 feet in the row, according to the charac- 

 ter of the soil. 



ICEBERG. — This remarkable Blackberry 

 is one of Luther Burbank*s productions. It 

 succeeds admirably in this climate. The 

 fruit is transparent white. The seeds, 

 which are usually small, can be seen in the 

 ripe berries. The fruit is borne in large 

 clusters. The berries are of large size and 

 good quality. The plant is an enormous 

 bearer, and the fruit lasts through a long 

 period. A desirable variety. Strong plants, 

 15c. each, $1 for 10, $3.50 for 50, $6 per 100. 



Dewberries- 



cuiturai Directions. — Use short, stout 

 stakes, driven at the end of each row of 

 canes, with a cross-piece 18 inches long 

 nailed to each stake 2V£ to 3 feet from the 

 ground. On the top, near each end of these 

 cross-pieces, drive a stout nail slanting 

 toward the stake, upon which to catch a 

 wire. Two lines of No. 14 galvanized wire, 

 one on each side of the row, are fastened 

 to one of the end stakes and run on the 

 ground between the rows to the other end 

 stake. These wires are now drawn as taut 

 as possible and securely fastened to the 

 other end of the row. The wire on each 



The Name "Steckler" on a Package of Seeds Means Quality 



