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J. STECKLER SEED CO , LT'D.. ALMANAC AND 



To attain these results the best varieties 

 should be planted. 



Your only safe-guard against fraud is to 

 buy your trees from responsible parties 

 only. The best time to plant is as soon 

 after the leaves fall as possible. About the 

 middle of November. Planting may be 

 done up to the time growth starts in the 

 spring, about ist of March. 



The varieties we handle are the best. All 

 of established merit and standing of re- 

 pute, as the returns now coming in con- 

 clusively prove. 



CENTENNIAL PECAN. 

 Nut large, long, pointed at both ends. 

 Shell thin. Kernel plump, rich and sweet. 

 Quality best. Abundant annual bearer. 

 Habit of growth, willowy, forming a thick, 

 round-headed tree. Original was grafted 

 about 60 years ago. Has been long known 

 as one of the very best sorts. 



FROTSCHER'S (EGG SHELL) 

 PECAN. 

 Nut large, oblong-ovoid in shape, very 

 thin shell. Kernel plump, full. Quality 

 best. Abundant annual bearer. A 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.) 

 Nut very large, large and round at stem 

 end, graduall}' 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. Quality good. Some complain that 

 this variety does not always fill well, but 

 as this conclusion 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-oblong in shape. Medium thin 

 shell, clean, bright in color. Kernel plump, 

 sweet and rich. Quality very best. A 

 quick grower. Early bearer, very prolific. 

 Habit of growth like the Frotscher, form- 

 ing a round-headed tree. This is surely 

 the finest pecan ever introduced. 



STECKLER'S MAMMOTH 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, full 

 meated. Quality best. Abundant 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, sweet 

 and rich. Bears abundantly; of rapid 

 growth. Comes early into bearing. This 

 is also a popular and standard variety. 

 RUSSELL PECAN. 



Originated in Lower Mississippi. Is a 

 very fine paper-shell nut and the tree is a 

 regular and abundant bearer, but as it con- 

 tinues 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. 



In sandy, poor soils, 50 feet apart each 

 way; requiring 16 trees to an acre. 



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