Southern Nursery Co. 
(INCORPORATED) 
WINCHESTER, TENNESSEE 
CAPITAL STOCK, $50,000 SURPLUS $25,000 
Pecan Culture 
The modern method of planting and cultivating pecan trees has opened up 
a profitable industry and the introduction of improved varieties, which come 
into bearing in from four to seven years, according to the varieties selected, 
has shortened the period of waiting, which has heretofore been the only dis- 
couraging feature of pecan culture. 
The United States is the only continent where the pecan is grown; there- 
fore the world is our market. Unlike other fruit, there is no necessity for care- 
ful picking, handling and storing. The nuts are gathered easily and can be 
held for considerable time before being marketed. 
The demand for improved nuts is such that they never reach the trade, 
hut are bought by private individuals, often a year in advance. While com- 
mercial pecan planting is still in its infancy, it has been engaged in long 
enough to demonstrate its profitableness. 
Many capitalists are investing in large pecan groves, and hundreds of acres 
are being set every year in pecan trees. The pecan is one of the hardiest of 
trees, belonging to the hickory family. It grows to an immense size and attains 
a great age. It is found growing wild in all the Southern states, succeeds as 
far north as Indiana, has practically no enemies, and grows well in any rich 
soil. As a shade tree it has no superior. Every house in city, village or coun- 
try should be surrounded by several of these beautiful trees; for besides being 
ornamental, bountiful crops of nuts furnished each fall makes it one of the 
most desirable of trees. With proper care, it is a rapid grower. It will con- 
tinue to increase in a yielding of nuts as the trees grow older, and will yield 
from one to five barrels for generations. 
We know of trees that are ten years old which measure five feet in cir- 
cumference, with height and spread of branches proportionate. Many trees, 
when twelve to eighteen years old, produce annual crops worth upwards of 
$100.00. 
It can readily be seen how valuable even a small grove of trees would be. 
The pecan culture in the South can be made profitable, there is no doubt. 
Many seedling trees yield large crops, although no attention is given them. 
A few acres could be planted to pecan trees of fine budded or grafted kinds 
such as Columbian, Frotcher Egg Shell, Admiral Dewey, Stewart, Pride of the 
Coast, Lady Finger, at a comparatively small cost, with the assurance that the 
investment would be a safe and profitable one. By cultivating the land in 
other crops during the waiting period, the business could be made self-sus- 
taining from the start, while the enhanced value of every acre of land planted 
would each year amount to as much as the land cost. One can afford to wait 
from four to seven years for profits when the cost of investment is sure to be 
returned, together with large annual profits for a period measured by gen- 
erations. 
The South has so many undeveloped resources, with opportunities for so 
many paying investments, that our citizens are indifferent to their opportuni- 
ties until they are passed. Hence, it is the large capitalists and syndicates 
from the Northern States that are purchasing the best fruit lands and planting 
the great commercial orchards. 
Of course these are far-seeing business men that have capital; their ex- 
ample should awaken the dormant energies of our people along these lines. 
The South possesses enomrous area of land that is suitable for pecan culture. 
