DUIS NUT NURSERY—SHATTUC, ILLINOIS 
‘ ' J. G. DUIS, Sole Owner and 
For 1936 and 1937 
To meet the many calls for information, I am sending- 
count of the rapid changes in development of the Northern 
in particular, a catalog is not justified. 
I started growing and grafting nut trees as a hobby 
year’s ago. On account of my success, I am one of the oldest an 
However, I am still experimenting and especially specializing in new 
and Hybrids, nearly all from the Kaskaskia River bottoms in this the 
Part of Illinois, and farthest north. Among them are the finest nuts in exi 
hican is a Pecan-hickory cross. 
We do not know the limit of Northern Nut trees in soil or climate. In general 
pecans will grow much farther north than peaches. Hicans and Black Walnuts where 
hickory and black walnut seedlings are found. However, many trees are so new we 
do not know what they will do. 
Pecans and hicans like moist, even overflow ground, especially rich bottom 
ground but do well here on the prairies. Black walnuts and hickories want second 
bottom or high ground except the Stabler which likes overflow land. Shagbark hiek- 
ocies and Chestnuts want high ground. 
My pecans and hicans are all grafted on transplanted stocks which gives them 
a better root system. Several tap roots istead of the single tap root which was hard 
to transplant satisfactorily and slow growing. Grafting is done in May and Budding 
in July and August. 
It takes five to seven years to grow a Pecan tree for grafting. Sometimes we 
get only 25%. Budding in 1934 was a perfect failure. There is only a short time for 
grafting. Trees are dug by hand about three feet deep. Hence the high price of trees. 
Grafted Walnuts often bear in one o" two years. Pecans and Hicans take long¬ 
er. Pecans and Hicans are grafted for the fine large nuts but they also make fine, 
clean, strong shade trees. Many pecan trees are known to be over 150 years old. When 
planted as an orchard they should be spaced about forty feet apart. Fruit trees may 
be placed between. They should produce paying qualities of nuts in ten years. We do 
not know all about fruit trees after several hundred years so we can know little 
about nut trees when the oldest trees are only about twenty years old and very few 
and the newest only a year old. Several varieties should be planted for cross pollini- 
zation. 
All trees for sale are same price regardless of size. 
Graftwood and budwood in season at ten cents per foot for orders not less 
one dollar and only such graftwood as 1 can conveniently secure from trees I have. 
Send .orders for graftwood February 15th and Budwood July 15th. 
All prices are CASH F. O. B. .Shattuc, Ill., and subject to change without no¬ 
tice. Discount for quantities. 
New Discoveries and Farthest North—My Specialties: 
1<% Duis Pecan—Largest known, prolific, fast grower .$2.00 each 
/ Swagler—Somewhat smaller, light color, this shell . 1.50 
Toff ray Pecan—Large, plump and very thin shell .... 1.50 
Gerardi Hican—Large and fine, much in demand ... 2.00 
Nussbaumer Hican—Lost 40 years, rediscovered by me, large . 2.00 
Bixby Hican—So called temporarily .right name unknown, very large . 2.00 
Dintleman Hybrid—Hickory-bitternut cross, thin shelled and prolific ... 2.00 
Norton Pecan—Large, long and farthest north ... 2.00 
Rockville Hybrid—New and not well known yet . 1.50 
Older and Better Known Standard Trees: 
Posey Pecan—Large, flat, thin shelled and early bearing ... 1.50 
^utterick Pecan—Large nut, fast growing, hardy and fine shade tree ... 1.50 
Green River Pecan—Large, thin she’ll, and fine pollinator .—. 1.50 
Busseron Pecan—Standard ...— . 1.50 
Major Pecan—Round nut ...-.. 1:50 
/''"Miller Hickory—Shagbark, from Michigan, much wanted north . 2:00 
Burlington Hican—Good bearer, far north, medium size, very fine shade. 1.50 
McAllister Hican—Monster for size, nut nearly three inches long, shade . 1.50 
Thomas Black Walnut—Large, fast grower, prolific—the best ... 1.50 
Stabler Black Walnut—Best cracker, likes wet ground, overflow . 1.50 
Stambaugh Black Walnut—First choice in contest of 2000 . 1.50 
Rohwer Black Walnut—Second choice in same contest, possibly better.. 1.50 
Seedling Black Walnuts—1 year 2c; 2 year 3c each. 
Seedling Pecans—1 year about six inches, 5c, Older up to 25c each. 
Chestnuts discontinued because of threatened blight. 
Persian Walnuts discontinued because I have found no tree 1 consider satisfac¬ 
tory. Same for hazelnuts, filberts and butternuts. 
Nut trees are a decided success in general but I give no guarantee either ex¬ 
pressed or impliied. The grafted trees from my nursery of bearing age are my rec¬ 
ommendation and of the nut industry. 
References: Sandoval or Carlyle Banks. 
