J. F. JONES NURSERIES, LANCASTER, PA. 
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WHEN TO PLANT 
Our hardy Pennsylvania Grown Trees may be planted success¬ 
fully either fall or spring. The condition and type of soil where the 
trees are to be planted will have some bearing on deciding when to 
plant. We book orders for shipment at the proper time or on any date 
specified. We do not ship trees until they are perfectly dormant which 
is usually from October 15 to the middle of May. Send your order in 
early and let us take care of the shipping date. 
DISTANCE FOR PLANTING 
Pecans and black walnuts 50 to 70 ft. apart. We prefer 70 ft. for 
permanent orchards. English Walnuts, 40 to 60 ft. apart; filberts 15 to 
20 ft. apart; hickories 40 to 60 ft. 
NUMBER OF TREES TO THE ACRE 
15 ft. apart each way 205 trees; 20 ft. apart 110 ; 40 ft. apart, 28; 50 
ft. apart, 17; 60 ft. apart, 12; 70 ft. apart, 9 trees. 
BUDDED OR GRAFTED TREES 
All of the trees, except where noted, are grafted trees listed herein. 
By grafting or budding trees we take a cion or bud from the specific 
variety of tree we want to reproduce and place this on a healthy root 
stock, thus you know beforehand just what type nut your tree will 
produce. If you want the finest type nuts and trees to bear early, plant 
the improved varieties of budded or grafted nut trees. 
BALLING AND BURLAPPING 
Nut trees, as we grow them, can be transplanted successfully with¬ 
out this added expense for the customer. Our trees are root pruned in 
the nursery to form a branched root so they will transplant. In trans¬ 
planting rare varieties of trees that cannot be replaced it is logical to 
go to every possible expense in transplanting trees. Trees ranging 
from three to six ft. tall take a ball of earth weighing from 100 to 400 
lbs. to fairly well protect the roots. 
FERTILIZING NUT TREES 
To correctly fertilize the nut tree it is important to know how the 
different elements necessary for a well balanced fertilizer re-act. There 
is also a great difference in soils as to plant food content. A fertilizer 
for nut trees on most soils should contain nitrogen, phosphate and 
potash. It is found that phosphate and nitrogen influence tree growth, 
the yield, filling qualities and size of the nut, and potash influences the 
