Cairo , Georgia 
PECANS—Continued 
PABST. A safe nut to plant. While not 
quite as large as some of the above, it is 
a good bearer and one can hardly make a 
mistake in setting it. 
SCHLEY. This variety is placed by some 
at the head of the list. It is a large, thin- 
shelled nut of fine flavor, and is well 
filled with meat. Liable to scab near the 
coast. 
In quality of meat and thinness of shell 
it is surpassed by no other variety. 
STUART. An old favorite that has been 
widely tested. This is a variety that can 
be planted with safety and succeeds over 
a wider territory than probably any other 
kind. 
SUCCESS. This is a pecan of fine flavor. 
Originating in Mississippi, it has been 
widely disseminated during the last few 
years. 
This orchard was twelve 
years old when photo¬ 
graphed and bore when 
15 years old, 1240 pounds 
of nuts per acre. 
PRICES PECANS -ORDER TODAY 
Each 10 100 1,000 
8 to 10 feet.$1.15 $11.00 $105.00 $1,000.00 
7 to 8 feet. 1.05 10.00 95.00 900.00 
6 to 7 feet.90 8.50 80.00 750.00 
5 to 6 feet.SO 7.50 70.00 650.00 
4 to 5 feet.65 6.00 55.00 500.00 
3 to 4 feet.55 5.00 45.00 400.00 
2 to 3 feet.50 4.50 40.00 350.00 
5 trees go at 10 rate, 50 at 100 rate, etc. 
NOTE: If in doubt as to varieties to set, we shall be glad to help you. 
PECAN NURSERY FEATURES 
The Success of the orchard is determined by the character of the transplanted tree. A 
runt in the nursery never grows into a giant in the orchard. It is, therefore, important 
to begin with the best obtainable nursery stock. The following distinctive features char¬ 
acterize our nursery practice. 
1. The stock determines, to a great extent, the 
vigor and fruitfulness of the future orchard. We 
have found what seems to be the best for this 
purpose, a budded variety which produces an ex¬ 
ceptionally strong and prolific orchard tree. These 
nuts are used in growing stocks for budding 
purposes. 
2. Our trees are not dug and “heeled” in to 
await a customer. This and other precautions 
account for the promptness with which they gen¬ 
erally grow off when carefully transplanted. 
3. While well grown, our nursery trees are not 
over-stimulated by applications of excessive quan¬ 
tities of fertilizers. 
4. To transplant successfully, a pecan tree 
should have a good lateral root system. Trees 
grown on sandy soil usually have an abnormally 
large tap root with few well-developed laterals. 
Being grown on a stiffer soil than that generally 
used for growing pecan trees, our nursery stock 
is the equal of any and superior to most. 
5. There is no nut grass in our nursery. 
6. A tree with an older root than four years 
(most of our trees have three-year roots) is never 
sent out. If a tree hasn’t sufficient vigor by that 
time to be marketable, it is dug up and burned. 
The setting of dwarfish trees with roots five to 
six years old accounts for the failure of many 
pecan orchards. 
7. The experience of most orcharclists is 
that a budded tree is better than a grafted 
one. In particular it is less subject to win¬ 
ter-killing. This being the case, we have 
entirely discarded grafting. The chief rea¬ 
son why many nurserymen still adhere to 
grafting is because a tree can be grown 
more cheaply by grafting than by budding. 
Our first aim is to produce trees that will 
give satisfaction when transferred to the 
orchard, and then to sell them at reasonable 
prices. 
Wight Grown means Grown Right 
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