WOLFE’S PECAN NURSERY 
GENERAL INFORMATION FOR ORCHARDISTS 
The best time to plant trees is from Nov. 15th to April 1st. They make better 
growth if planted before Christmas. 
Black-Berries should be 7 ft. Dewberries 5 ft. apart, persimmons 20 feet, 
plums 25 feet, peaches, apricots, cherries, apples and pears at least 30 feet. 
Grapes 10 ft. 
The best crops to plant in orchards are legumes. The next best is a crop that 
will not take too much moisture. Don’t plant corn, sorghum or grain in the orchard 
unless you have irrigation. 
Prune all newly set trees, cutting tops back half way to the ground. They will 
live and grow better. 
Manure is one of the best fertilizers, but it should be applied only in fall or 
winter, spreading it evenly over the ground. It should not be put in the hole In 
planting. IT WILL BURN YOUR TREE. 
Most trees will die where cotton dies from root rot. 
Pecan trees only are resistant. 
Terraces make a good place to plant trees, grapes or berries. 
Most set out pecan trees which have been worked on Eastern root stock have 
s^een a failure in the west. They root too shallow. 
To find the number of trees to plant to an acre, divide the distance in feet you 
pare planting into 210 and multiply the result (quotient) by itself. 
If 
Example. Berry planted 7 ft. apart. 7 into 210 goes 30 times. 30 times 30 
plves 900 the number of plants per acre. 
Leaf mold is the best fertilizer to use in planting. Mix it with the soil that 
goes in the hole. If you don’t have leaf mold, use a 10-quart bucket of manure on 
top of the ground after you have finished planting. It will leach down into the soiL 
You can easily overwater trees planted in yards, especially if you have dug a 
hole in clay. Too much water sours the roots. Water moderately and every two 
weeks, if you have no rain. 
The best place to grow pecans is where the trees can have their rocts in con¬ 
stant but moderate moisture, and with their tops in dry atmosphere and sunshine. 
This is why the Western half of the native pecan belt in Texas produces thirteen 
times as many pounds of nuts as the Eastern half, although the Eastern half has 
more pecan trees. 
A pecan orchard is a better investment than stocks or bonds. 
Our trees are sold by height. They are measured from the ground up, instead 
of from the tip of the tap root to the top of the tree. 
Pecan trees wall bear in three years, come into commercial bearing from s‘x 
to seven years, will live several hundred years and increase the value of land from 
$50 to $100 per acre each year. 
A pecan orchard will provide for the education of the children, a support for 
the family, an insurance for old age, and a legacy to posterity. 
A pecan nut is the most delicious, nutritious and highest priced nut in the 
world. 
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