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THE PECAN TREES THRIVE AND BEAR 
of high quality. It is known among chestnut growers as one of the hardiest 
and best of all varieties for commercial purposes. 
Prices of Chestnut Seedlings 
Each 10 100 
6 to 8 ft.$ .60 $5.00 $40.00 
4 to 6 ft.. .50 4.00 30.00 
3 to 4 ft.40 3.00 25.00 
Seedling "While much smaller in size than the grafted varieties of chestnuts 
the seedling is a very vigorous grower, a heavy producer and 
valuable on account of its high flavor. The kernel is sweet and prized as a 
dessert nut. 
It is found in many sections of California and throughout the East where 
the tree grows to an exceptional size and bears abundantly. 
PECANS 
It has been proven that in favored sections of California, especially in the 
Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, that the pecan thrives well, making a 
rapid growth and producing abundant crops of nuts. The trees thrive in a 
variety of soils, doing well in moist river bottom soils as well as in clay or 
porous sand, and also in the hardpan lands where the necessary precaution 
is taken to blast it thoroughly so that the roots will have no difficulty in 
reaching down through the lower stratas. 
In the coast regions the trees thrive well, but the nuts rarely mature owing 
to the fog and cold weather which delays the proper ripening before the dor¬ 
mant season sets in. 
Stuart (reduced) 
The trees should be set from 40 to 50 feet apart, using 50 feet space in heavy 
rich soils, which are conducive to making heavy growths on the trees. It is 
advisable to plant more than one variety for the purpose of cross pollination. 
In setting the tree care should be taken to dig the hole at least 3 feet deep, 
filling in the bottom of the hole with good, rich top soil and set the trees 3 
inches deeper than they stood in the nursery row. Cut the tree back to 3 feet 
after it is set. Three or four branches should be left the second season to 
form the framework of the tree. Very little pruning is required in after years, 
simply remove any dead or overlapping branches and shorten in such branches 
that make an excessive growth and will spoil the uniformity of the tree. 
We recommend the planting of the budded varieties for fruiting pur¬ 
poses, as such trees will bear uniformly fine nuts while the nuts of seedling 
trees usually are very irregular in size and have harder and thicker shells and 
do not command as high a price on the market as those produced from budded 
or grafted stock. 
The age a pecan tree must attain before bearing depends largely on the soil 
and the care given. Under proper conditions these trees will begin bearing 
from five to six years after planting, and after eight or nine years will produce 
profitable crops, increasing their yield rapidly thereafter. 
Prices of Pecan Trees—Grafted Finest Papershells 
Each 10 100 
1 year .6 to 8 ft. $2.00 $15.00 $125.00 
1 year.4 to 6 ft. 1.50 12.50 100.00 
1 year.3 to 4 ft. 1.25 10.00 90.00 
