Pecan Trees Withstand Heavy Winds and Flood. 
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To Answer Your Questions :— 
How to Plant Pecan Trees 
(We Recommend 12 Pecan Trees to the Acre). 
T WO usual questions asked us are how many trees to plant to the acre, and what 
kind of soil in which to plant them. 
On land of only fair fertility, plant trees every 50 feet, but we generally recom¬ 
mend 60x60. If the ground is very rich, plant farther apart, such as 70x70, but for 
the average, figure on every 60 feet—12 trees to the acre. Please refer just below. You 
can get more trees to the acre by the triangle method of planting (14 as against 12). 
As to soils—land that will grow hickory or oak trees will grow fine pecans. It has 
been well said that any land that will grow cotton will grow pecans. Well drained land 
is needed for best results. Practically any average land in the South will grow fine 
pecans. 
The sooner you set out your pecan trees the better will be your prospects for them 
living, the more vigorous will they grow up, and the earlier they will begin to bear. Set 
out pecan trees as soon as possible after the leaves shed in the Fall, in November, De¬ 
cember, January, February or March. Even if you cannot set your trees early, book 
your order now so we may reserve some of our finest trees for you. 
Use a planting Board in setting your 
trees. This is easily made by taking any 
board or plank about six feet long and cut¬ 
ting a V-shaped groove in the center of it. 
This groove in the planting board is made 
to fit down over the stake you have driven 
down in the ground where the tree is to be 
planted. Then at each end of the planting board place a small peg. When you dig the 
hole for the tree, all you will have to do is lay this planting board across the hole dug so 
that each end will be against the pegs and your tree will come right in the groove 
and be exactly in line. If you do not use a planting board it is hard to get trees in line 
again after holes are dug, even if lined up exactly right to start with. 
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Square Method 
To plant the square method, take 
an ordinary L-square and place on 
ground in order to get your lines 
true. Sight and place a stake sixty 
(preferably) feet away on each 
line until you reach the ends of 
the field. Then stake off on paral¬ 
lel lines at every sixty feet and 
plant trees at each stake. Planting 
sixty feet apart, you have 12 trees 
to the acre. 
Triangle Method 
By planting the triangle method you get more 
trees to the acre, and besides all trees are exactly 
sixty feet apart in ALL directions. To get a true 
equilateral triangle easily, drive a stake in the corner of 
the field. Then with the aid of an L-square find stakes along 
the outside lines. In order to get proper and exact distance 
inward toward the field, get a wire sixty feet long. Attach 
to stake. Get another wire of same length and attach to 
next stake. Let one man make an arc with his wire, and 
another man an arc with his. When the two wires meet, 
properly taut, drive stake for tree. Work from that stake 
and so on until field is covered. 
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Plant Fruit Trees Betiveen the Rows. See Pages 21, 22, 23, 2U- 
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