Grafted Hybrid Hickories 
I can now offer some genuine hybrids. 
Fairbanks, a native of Iowa. This tree is 
the beginner’s joy. It bears early and reg¬ 
ularly. It is a beautiful, rapid-growing tree. 
I have one top worked on a pignut in a 
rock)- pasture and it has not missed bearing 
in the last 11 years. 
Stratford. Also a native of Iowa prom¬ 
ises to be as prolific as Fairbanks and even 
more precocious. One tree bore last year 
in nursery the year after it was grafted 
and they often bear in the woods the sec¬ 
ond or third year after grafting on to wild 
trees. Kernels come out in complete halves. 
but the nuts will probably be few, small 
and very late in coming. Some will be bit¬ 
ter and the meat will be held tight by con¬ 
volutions of the shell. 
Advise purchase of at least one Busseron 
and one Butterick, as they are known to 
fertilize each other. The Kentucky is known 
as the best pollenator of all the many va¬ 
rieties that we have tested. It is also a pro¬ 
ducer of good nuts. If well fed these north¬ 
ern pecans will grow If to 3 feet per year 
after getting established. Try one of each. 
I have had nearly a hundred Busseron pecan 
trees. 8 to 10 feet high, bearing nuts in the 
nursery rows. 
Pecan Shellbark Hybrids—Hiccans 
Burlington comes from a huge and beau¬ 
tiful tree near Burlington, Iowa. A rapid 
grower, beautiful foliage, 
worth planting for shade alone. 
Large thin-shelled nuts. Has 
ripened nuts at Ithaca, New 
York, and is hardy at Minne¬ 
apolis on pecan roots; that is 
the kind we sell. The flavor of 
these nuts is very moreish. 
Don’t miss getting one of these. 
McCallister. The original tree 
grew in southern Indiana. The 
nuts of this variety are regu¬ 
larly more than two inches 
long, much larger than any 
Southern pecan. Can crack 
them in you r hand Like many 
hybrids it is a very rapid 
grower. Has beautiful glossy 
foliage and is a charming shade 
tree. I cannot recommend it as 
a heavy hearer although there is a record 
of a bushel of nuts from a ten year old tree 
—well fed. Most people with room will want 
a tree that is so unique as this king of all 
the known hickory species or varieties. 
Hardy Grafted Northern Pecans 
George Washington planted pecans, which 
he called “Illinois nuts” at Mt. Vernon. 
His trees are still going strong, but I can 
sell you much better ones than he had. 
Weeks have been spent searching the woods 
of the Ohio Valley for the best varieties. 
As a result we now have fine flavored, thin- 
shelled pecans from Indiana and Illinois. 
Hardy in corn country and ripen where 
dent corn ripens. They have produced good 
crops at Lewisburg, Pa. You can crack 
them in your hands. Meats in complete 
halves. Flavor as good as or better than 
that of the best Southern pecans. Beautiful, 
towering, gigantic trees. Illustrated booklet 
about “Pecans in the North” on request. 
Various nurseries are selling Southern 
varieties in the North at a low price. Most 
of them are good only for shade if north 
of the Cotton Belt. The trees may be hardy 
but the nuts will not ripen. 
Also, many nurseries are selling seedling 
pecan trees. They are all right for shade, 
Persimmon 
Every yard needs one or more persimmon 
trees. I cannot understand whv this de¬ 
licious native fruit has been neglected so 
long. 
Early Golden, the one variety I have 
to offer, ripens September 25th, and some 
years they keep on ripening for two months. 
M.y trees are bearing their third consecu¬ 
tive heavy crop. If you taste one you want 
a saucerful. The tree is pleasing in appear¬ 
ance, with cylindrical form. 
Care of Trees 
Nut trees have great root systems. It is 
certainly true that young hickories and 
pecans have more root than top. If you 
had all the roots of such a tree you would 
need a well in which to plant it. Trans¬ 
planting such trees is an act of violence at 
iDest. The tops should be reduced to match 
the reduction of roots. Therefore I trim 
all trees unless buyer especially requests 
otherwise. I also wax the tops, which gives 
transplanting a higher percentage of suc¬ 
cess. 
We beg that the trees be protected by 
3 or 4 foot radius of straw, strawy manure 
or paper mulch for the first two years and 
watered if drought comes. It is really scan¬ 
dalous the way some people will pay good 
money for trees and then kill the trees by 
neglect. I want your trees to grow. 
Clusters of pecans on a nursery tree. 
