But Bass Pecan Trees Will Bear and Pay You While You Live! 
To Answer Your Questions:-" 
How to Plant Pecan Trees <H To w th I e a Acrl!'Et s c .) 
Two usual questions asked us are how many trees to plant to the acre, and what kind of soil 
in which to plant them. 
On lands of only fair fertility, plant trees every 50 feet, but we generally recommend 60x60. 
If the ground is very rich, plant farther apart, such as 70x70, but for the average, figure on every 
60 feet—12 trees to the acre. Please refer just below. You can get more trees to the acre by 
the triangle method of planting (14 as against 12). 
As to soils—land that will grow hickory or oak trees will grow fine pecans. It has been well 
said that any land that will grow cotton will grow pecans. Well drained land is needed for best 
results. Practically any average land in the South will grow fine pecans. 
The sooner you set out your pecan trees the better will be your prospects for them living, the 
more vigorous will they grow up, and the earlier they will begin to bear. Set out pecan trees as 
soon as possible after the leaves shed in the Fall, in November, December, January, February or 
March. Even if you cannot set your trees early, boo\ your order now so we may reserve some 
of our finest trees for you. 
U SE A PLANTING BOARD in setting 
your trees. This is easily made by tak¬ 
ing any board or plank about six feet long 
and cutting a V-shaped groove in the center 
of it. This groove in the planting board is 
made to fit down over the stake you have 
driven down in the ground where the tree is to be planted. Then at each end of the planting 
board place a small peg. When you dig the hole for the tree, all you will have to do is to lay 
this planting board across the hole dug so that each end will be against the pegs and your tree 
will come right in the groove and be exactly in line. If you do not use a planting board it is 
hard to get trees in line again after holes are dug, even if lined up exactly right to start with. 
The 
To plant the square method, take an ordinary 
L-square and place on ground in order to 
get your lines true. Sight and place a stake 
sixty (preferably) feet away on each line un¬ 
til you reach the ends of the field. Then 
stake off on parallel lines at every sixty feet 
and plant trees at each stake. Planting sixty 
feet apart, you have 12 trees to the acre. 
By planting the triangle method you get 
more trees to the acres, and besides all trees 
are exactly sixty feet apart in ALL directions. 
To get a true equilateral triangle easily, drive 
a stake in the corner of the field. Then with 
aid of an L-square find stakes along the out¬ 
side lines. In order to get proper and exact 
distance inward toward the field, get a wire 
sixty feet long. Attach to stake. Get an¬ 
other wire of same length and attach to next stake. Let one man make an arc with his wire, 
and another man an arc with his. When the two wires meet, properly taut, drive stake for tree. 
Work from that stake and so on until field is covered. 
Plant Fruit between the Rows. See Pages 22, 23, 24, 25 
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