GLEN BROTHERS 
GLENWOOD NURSERY 
GREAT POSSIBILITIES FOR PROFIT 
Tlic luit-grovviiiK industry leaves nothing to l)e desired from the 
viewpoint of the commercially inclined whose interest centers chiefly 
in the dollars and cents side. 
In the matter of profits, there is probably no otlier crop, grain, 
vegetables or fruit, comparable to that of nuts, while in point of safety, 
and regularity, no other is so dei)endable, so free from parasitic enemies 
or so well able to withstand the vicissitudes of changeable weather 
conditions. 
Fnglish Walnuts. I’ecans, Fill)erts, Hickories, and Chestnuts all 
yield, under proper conditions, far greater net profits per acre than 
wheat, corn ()r fruit. And this is no mere guess, but is being demons¬ 
trated year in and year out by existing nut orchards. 
In the Prince orchard in Oregon, 35 acres of seedling English 
Walnuts in the twelfth year averaged $125 net ])er acre. In the same 
orchard two acres of nine-year-old seedlings averaged $360 per acre. 
$150 ]>er acre is a comservative estimate of the yield from ten to twelve- 
year-old secflling trees, and while it is true some groves not well 
cultivated may fall below that figure, in annual yield, others under high 
cultivation will often almost double it. 
It should be remembered that grafted trees come into bearing two 
or three years earlier tlian seedling trees, and therefore larger yields 
may be expected from the former at an early age. Grafted trees will 
bear cfunmcrcially in five to six years, and will maintain a large and 
steady increase each year up to twenty years or more. 
A I*ecan orchard ten to twelve years old will yield $100 per acre 
over and above all expenses under reasonably favoraiilc conditions. This 
is a very conservative estimate. Many instances are recorded where this 
yield has been greatly exceeded. 
I lie foregoing records are of comparatively young orchards and 
represent what may be expected under ordinary circumstances. But 
with high cultivation, favorable soil, and liberal fertilization, the cost 
of which is more than comi)ensated by results, these records may be 
greatly exceeded. .And as a foretaste of what nia^'^ be exjiected from 
more niature orchards, it is stated on the best of autliority and experience, 
that^it is now possible to^produce hhiglisli W''alnut Trees that will bear, 
at 25 to 30 3 ’'cars of age, 500 pounds of nuts per tree per season. With 
twelve such trees to the acre a yield of 6,000 ptuinds i)er acre is obtained, 
which at an average market value as low as 15c ])cr pound would give an 
income of $900 per acre. 
Chestnuts and I'ilberts, too, closely rival the Walnut and Pecan in 
money-making ability. A single season’s crop from a five-year-old 
Chestnut orchard brought $30,000—5,000 bushels ^7 $6 a bushel. This 
record was made by the famous “Sober Paragon” Chestnuts, which sell 
@ $6 to $10 per bushel in open market. 
What other crops, grain or fruit, even with the most intensive 
cultivation, can approach these records, which are not extraordinarv for 
nuts? 
'Iwenty-five to fifty dollars’ worth of fruit i)er tree per season is 
considered an exceptionally good showing for apple, orange, and grape f 
fruit trees. A'et it is jiot at all uncommon for English Walnut and 
Pecan trees to yield $7a to $100 and more per tree i)er season. Such 
records are not rare. 
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