WE HAVE LEARNED HOW TO PRODUCE BETTER PECAN TREES 
FROM TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE 
COMPARE THE ROOT SYSTEMS 
The Life, Growth and Yield of the Pecan Tree Depends on Its Root System. Examine the 
comparison pictured above. We guarantee our trees to have the Best Root System Known. 
READ WHAT THESE PEOPLE THINK OF OUR TREES 
“PJease send us your catalog-. We purchased pecan 
trees from you in 1932 — they are wonderful trees 
now.” - . „ 
Oscar Senne, Rt. 2, Modesto, Calif. 
“We wish to thank you for shipping us these fine 
pecan and walnut trees. Everyone who has seen 
them says they are the best trees they ever saw.” 
John H. Boggess, Anderson, Texas. 
“In 1933 or 1934 I bought six pecan trees from 
you. They were two-year-old trees and I planted 
them in my yard. Every one of them is doing fine — 
they are all bearing pecans this year.” 
John J. O’Hern, Laredo, Texas. 
“The one hundred and five pecan trees which you 
set for us at Palestine, Texas, last fall are doing 
nicely. Only one of the trees failed to live.” 
Virgil Mclnnis, Murfreesboro, Tenn. 
“In December of 1925 I bought some Burkett 
pecan trees from you. This fall I gathered eleven 
gallons (by measure) of pecans from one of these 
trees — they weighed fifty-eight pounds. This tree is 
on dark, sandy loam, with rich clay subsoil at 
eighteen inches to two feet.” 
J. R. Eanes, Comanche, Texas. 
“About ten or twelve years ago I purchased about 
ninety or a hundred small pecan trees from you. 
All did well except a half-dozen.” 
A. J. Coley, Oklahoma City, Okla. 
“Last year we bought some pecan trees from you, 
and we are glad to inform you that we have had 
the finest results — the trees are growing very satis¬ 
factorily. Viveros Nuevo Leon, S. C. P., 
Monterrey, N. L., Mexico. 
ALL STOCK YOU BUY FROM US IS 
FULLY GUARANTEED 
W E absolutely guarantee all stock you purchase 
from us to be high-grade, first class in every 
respect. We guarantee every pecan tree to have a good 
lateral root system. If, for any reason, you should be 
dissatisfied with any tree or plant you purchase from us 
... if any we send you fail to fully come up to your 
expectations . . . you may return the unsatisfactory ones 
at once and we will immediately replace them with 
others that are satisfactory, or refund your money. 
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r\URING our nearly thirty years of pecan culture, we have continually 
experimented to find out why some pecan trees lived and others died; 
why some of the trees grew more rapidly than others; why some were hardier; 
why some produced earlier than others. 
These experiments showed that a good lateral root system — many side 
roots growing from the tap root — is vital to the best growth of the pecan tree. 
These many lateral roots enable the tree to have a great many more feed roots 
— and it is the feed roots that gather the plant food and moisture necessary for 
the most satisfactory growth and which are, finally, responsible for the all- 
important job of producing pecans. 
The root system we have been able to develop as a result of the knowledge 
and experience gained from these many years of experimentation is your assur¬ 
ance of success in growing pecan trees. Records supplied by purchasers of our 
better-rooted trees show that 90% (or more) of the trees have lived, grown 
satisfactorily and produced profitable crops of fine papershell pecans when prop¬ 
erly planted and given reasonable care and attention. We absolutely guarantee 
every tree we sell — read our guarantee elsewhere on this page. 
We honestly believe that our lateral root system enables us to furnish you 
with pecan trees that will live, grow and produce better than trees supplied by 
other nurseries. 
WE EXPERIMENTED . . . YOU CAN REAP THE BENEFIT 
The development of our lateral root system has done 
much to place pecan growing on a new, sure-profit basis. 
No specialized knowledge is required, nor does it: require 
a lifetime to develop producing trees. Pecans are surer and 
safer than most other crops. 
Few crops have as many steady markets as papershell 
pecans. America imports millions of pounds of nuts an¬ 
nually — there is no surplus to compete in world markets. 
An authority on pecan production says it will require five 
hundred years at the present rate of production increase to 
produce twelve pounds of pecan nut meats per year for 
each of the one hundred and twenty-million people in the 
United States. Just think of it! There is no danger of 
over-production. 
Many pecan growers have regular customers who buy 
their entire crop each year, at prices ranging from 15^ per 
pound for the smaller varieties, to 30^ and 3 5^ per pound 
for the larger nuts and best grades. 
When you remember that at twenty years the pecan 
orchard is merely entering its heaviest bearing period — 
that the average annual yield during the second twenty 
years is estimated to be four times as great as the yearly 
average during the entire bearing period preceding the 
twentieth year — you will realize the truth of the state¬ 
ment: "You can leave no better inheritance to your family 
than a pecan grove.” 
The Texas Pecan Nursery is one of the oldest and one 
of the largest pecan nurseries in the United States. Our 
nurseries are near the center of the world’s largest natural 
pecan region — Tyler, Smith County, Texas. Our trees are 
acclimated to Southwestern soil and weather conditions; 
they are toughened by cold winters and hot, dry summers. 
We can supply all the varieties best adapted to the states 
west of the Mississippi River. 
We dig every one of our trees separately, by hand, to 
preserve the entire lateral root system. The trees are care¬ 
fully packed and shipment is made the same day as trees 
are dug. Our method of packing keeps the trees moist 
until you receive them. 
Our trees reach you from twenty-four to forty-eight 
hours earlier than shipments coming from more distant 
nurseries. This assures better condition of the trees on 
arrival, and a saving in transportation costs, as well. 
With every shipment of trees we send a sheet of in¬ 
structions, giving clear, detailed information for handling, 
setting, and caring for the trees. 
Our prices are very reasonable. Because most of our 
business is done by mail we save the expenses that ordi¬ 
narily must be included in the price when trees are sold by 
agents through personal calls. This saving enables us to 
offer you prices from 30% to 50% less than prices asked 
by nurseries selling through agents. All our prices are 
F. O. B. Tyler, Texas. 
OUR FRUIT TREES GROW RAPIDLY AND FRUIT EARLY 
We own and operate many hundreds of acres of orchards and nurseries, and can furnish you 
vigorous, heavy-bearing fruit trees of the same high standard of quality as our famous pecan trees. 
For varieties and prices see inside of this folder. 
HOW TO SELECT 
THE PECAN VARIETIES 
BEST SUITED TO YOUR 
SOIL AND CLIMATE 
Zone No. 1 — Not recommended for commercial planting. We rec¬ 
ommend for home planting in east part: Stuart, Success, Moore, Money 
Maker; in west part: Burkett, Success, Schley. 
Zone No. 2 — Only the Eastern Varieties recommended: Success, 
Moore, Schley, Delmas, Money Maker, Stuart. We would add Burkett 
for hill land in the west central part. Success, Moore, Money Maker, 
Schley, and Stuart should be used for bottom lands. Plant Delmas on 
upland. Stuart seems to be especially adapted to extreme east part of 
this section and bottom lands in the western part. These are known as 
tested Eastern Varieties. 
Zone No. 3 — Both Eastern and Western Varieties recommended — 
Western Varieties for west part and uplands; Eastern Varieties in east 
part and on lowlands. Burkett, Western Schley, Texas Prolific, and 
Halbert are tested Western Varieties. 
Zone No. 4 — Plant Western Varieties only. 
Other States — Continue zone lines northeast about 100 to 125 
miles, planting Eastern Varieties in the lower altitudes and river bottoms 
of Zone 3, and the Western Varieties on the uplands and in the higher 
altitudes of Zone 3. Plant Western Varieties on all lands west of dividing 
line between Zones 3 and 4. 
