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amount of the first, but always the amount of the 
last crop borne. As the crap annually increases with 
the growth of the tree, in a few years the difference 
is several dollars. 
Nut tree planting should not be confined to orchard 
planting but may be grown almost anywhere a tree 
is wanted, along fence rows or in vacant places. Pecan 
trees are ideal for shade trees as they are not bother¬ 
ed by insects and do not shed their leaves until after 
severe frost. 
BUDDED OR GRAFTED TREES BEAR EARLY 
Many have the belief that a pecan tree must be 
fifteen or twenty years old before it will bear. This 
belief is based on seedling trees, which is true with 
them, but not so with a budded or grafted tree. 
The early and prolific bearing of budded or grafted 
trees is not just the effects of budding or grafting 
but because the varieties listed herein are from parent 
trees that are known to have heavy and consistent bear¬ 
ing records for a number of years back. 
I do not propagate from any tree until I have re¬ 
liable information this is true, and where possible 
watch the annual bearing of these trees myself. 
In planting trees listed in this catalog you have the 
advantage of knowing that these varieties have been 
carefully selected and proven themselves worthy. Fur¬ 
thermore my trees in mother block budded from these 
parent trees have proven by their early and consistent 
bearing all that is claimed for them. 
The. question, how long will it take a budded pecan 
tree to bear, is asked so often, that I would say that 
from obserbation and experience, with good care, they 
will come into bearing as early as apple trees. 
I have never had a budded or grafted tree to pass 
eight years old without fruiting, most of them much 
younger. I have budded trees in nursery row now 
eighteen years old that have produced fifteen conse¬ 
cutive crops of pecans. 
My oldest pecan trees, now twenty-two years old, 
produced from 100 to 130 pounds each, trees from ten 
to fourteen years old produced from 30 to 50 pounds per 
tree. Walnut trees are producing equally as well as 
pecan trees, although my trees have not had a fair 
chance to bear, as they are each season severely cut 
back for budwood and graftwood. 
With the early and consistent bearing habits of these 
budded or grafted trees producing a known product, 
and the price it commands one can not afford to plant 
anything but the best budded and grafted tree. 
HARDINESS 
The varieties propagated by me and listed herein 
are from parent trees whose native home is in the 
Hardy Northern Nut Tree Territory. 
I do not handle any Southern varieties or propagate 
Nut Trees Produce the Best of Food 
