Plant Bass Pecans to Leave Your Family an Estate ... a Practical Inheritance. 
Cultivate tlie Ground 
Cultivate for four to six feet around each tree thoroughly all 
during the Summer. Pecan trees do best where the land is cultivated 
well. Our own experience has taught us that no tree responds to 
care and cultivation better than the papershell pecan. Frequent shal¬ 
low cultivation is best. Keep the weeds and grass down, for they 
take the moisture and nourishment needed badly by the young growing 
pecan trees. 
-Special Notice About Fertilizer- 
Recent experiments in our own orchards have shown us that 
one pound of Nitrate of Soda or Sulphate of Ammonia for each 
year the tree has been planted will be of great benefit and cause 
the trees to grow very fast. Merely spread it around the trees 
for two or three feet and hoe or dig in well. This can be done at 
any time from April 1st to last of June, usually the earlier the 
better. 
Care of Young Trees 
No pruning is necessary after you once get the trees branching 
high enough. The larger trees we sell will branch high enough any¬ 
way, but the smaller trees have to have sprouts cut off occasionally 
that come out on the body of the tree until the branches get high 
enough. This may be done at any time required, either summer or 
winter. We do not let our own pecan trees start branching lower 
than shoulder high. They look better and you can work around 
them better where they are not allowed to head too low. 
Below Shoulder* Hi^h 
Bass Trees Come Pruned, Ready to Plant 
We endeavor to send our properly pruned trees, just as if we 
were going to plant them ourselves, leaving the planter nothing to 
do but to set them out. The taller grades of trees should be top- 
trimmed, as it balances the top against unavoidable loss of some roots 
when the tree is transplanted. Proper pruning insures the tree living 
and a good growth. Where trees are properly pruned, handled and 
planted, there is no reason why any of them should die. Our prices 
are made on the height of the trees when dug. When properly top- 
trimmed, the height is often materially reduced. Therefore, if the 
height of a trimmed tree, when received, is less than the catalog 
height, this is the explanation. We measure our trees from the ground up and not from the 
tip of the tap roots as many nurserymen do. Our 3 to 4 feet trees are often as large as their 
“5 to 6 feet” trees—we don’t charge for roots. You pay us for a smaller size tree. See Page 7. 
Advice on Pecan Culture 
Ask us all the questions you wish to in regard to pecan growing. We will gladly give you our 
opinion. And as experts, let us advise you not to put off setting out your pecans. Remember the loss 
of a year’s time in getting started means the loss of a year’s splendid income later on, at a time when 
you may appreciate it most. And speaking of the time element, it would pay y©u to buy and plant our 
larger trees, for you would save that initial growing period. Let Bass solve your pecan problems. 
For further information or definite instructions on Pecan growing, write the U. S. Dept, of Agri¬ 
culture, Washington, D. C., for free Farmers’ Bulletin Number 700, on "Pecan Culture,” and Number 
1501, on "Nut-Tree Propagation,” and other available bulletins on Pecans. 
C lt will pay you to plant our Extra Special or large sizes for earlier 
and heavier bearing. A better start. See prices on Page 28. 
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“While in Arkansas / bought two trees from, your nursery, about twenty years ago. They are the 
finest I have ever seen today.” WICHITA, KANSAS. 
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