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To attain these results the best varie- 

 ties should be planted. 



Your only safe-guard against fraud is 

 to buy your trees from responsible par- 

 ties. The best time to plant is as 'soon 

 after the leaves fall as possible. About 

 the middle of December. Planting may 

 be done up to the time grovvth starts in 

 the spring, about 1st of March. 



The varieties we handle are the best. 

 All of established merit and standing of 

 repute, as the returns now coming in 

 conclusively prove. 



As an inducement to start with some- 

 thing exceptionally fine, we offer with 

 every order of 50 Pecan trees, one of 

 Steckler's Mammoth and Nelson's Mam- 

 moth, and in lots of 100, two of each. 



Centennial Pecan. 



Nut large, long, pointed at both ends. 

 Shell thin. Kernel plump, rich and sv/eet. 

 Quality best. Abundant annual bearer. 

 Habit of grov/th, willowy, forming a 

 thick, round-headed tree. Original was 

 grafted more than 60 3'ears ago. Has 

 been long known as one of the very best 

 sorts. 



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Frotscher's (Egg Sheii) Pecan. 



Nut large, oblong ovoid in shape, very 

 thin shell. Kernel plump, full. Quality 

 best. Abundant annual bearer. K rapid 

 grower. Comes into bearing very young. 

 Habit of growth somewhat like Centen- 

 nial, not quite so dense, forming a fine 

 round-headed tree. This is justly a very 

 popular variety. 



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Rome Pecan. 



(Columbian.) (Pride of the Coast.) 



(Twentieth Century.) Nut very large, 

 large and round at stem end, gradually 

 ■sloping off to a point at the other. Thin 

 shell. Upright habit of growth, making 

 a very large, tall tree. Where it has a 

 suitable location, a desirable kind. Quali- 

 ty good. Some complain that this variety 

 does not always fill v/ell, but as this con- 

 clusion is based on nuts from young trees 

 just come into bearing, this defect may 

 be eliminated when trees reach maturity. 

 Parent tree is known as the "Pride of 

 the Coast" along the Mississippi Valley. 

 Nelson Pecan. 

 Nut the largest of all known; some 

 specimens weighing nearly one ounce. 

 Eliptical-cblong in shape. Medium thin 

 shell, clean, bright in color. Kernel 

 plump, sweet and rich. Quality very best. 

 A quick grov/er. Early bearer, very pro- 

 lific. Habit of growth like the Frotscher, 

 forming a round-headed tree. This is 

 surely the finest pecan ever introduced. 



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Steckler's f^jlarnmoth Pecan. 



Nut very large, elliptical-oblong in 

 shape, round and full at, stem end. Thin 

 shell, full meated, quality best. A lately 

 introduced variety of great merit. 

 Stuart Pecan. 



Nut large, thin shell, ovoid in shape, 

 There are some,however, which, if bud- 

 bearer, of rapid growth. A standard 

 variety, of established merit and popular. 

 Schley Pecan. 



Nut medium in size. Oblong-ovoid in 

 shape. Smooth, clean and bright in color. 

 Very thin shell. Kernel very plump, 

 STreet and rich. Bears abundantly; of 

 rapid growth. Comes early into bearing. 

 This is also a popular and standard vari- 

 ety. 



Russell Pecan. 



Originated in Lov/er Mississippi. Is a 

 very fine paper-shell nut and the tree is 

 a regular and abundant bearer, but as it 

 continues in growth very late in the 

 season it is not advisable to plant this 

 variety except in the lower South. 



The Proper Distance Apart to Plant* 

 Pecan Trees. 



In deep, alluvial soils, 70 feet apart 

 each way; requiring 9 trees to an acre. 



Plant Frotscher's Large Purple or New Orleans Market Eggplant. 



