Fig. 6 shows a method of pro¬ 
tecting the young trees from the 
cold, sun and rabbits. (We pre¬ 
fer this method to that shown by 
Fig. 5 for protection from rab¬ 
bits.) In the northern pecan belt, 
especially in Central and North¬ 
ern Oklahoma, pecan trees are 
sometimes damaged by sudden, 
severe freezes following a warm 
spell, causing the bark to burst 
near the ground. By wrapping 
the trees tightly with paper and 
then with burlap or old sacks, 
you will give them much protec¬ 
tion from cold damage. The 
wrappings should be loosened in 
the spring to avoid binding the 
trees, but left on to prevent sun 
scald or blister on the body of 
the tree until the tree grows 
sufficient top to shade the trunk. 
Another method of protecting against sun 
scald is to pad the body of the tree from the 
ground up to the limbs with hay or straw, and 
wrap with burlap or old sacks. This is by far 
the best method we have ever used. A board set 
on the west side will afford some protection. 
It is vitally important to protect your trees 
against sun scald as borers will attack the 
tree as soon as it has been damaged by the sun. 
CULTIVATING YOUR TREES: By all 
means, cultivate your papershell pecan trees 
every ten to fourteen days, from early spring 
until September 1st. The soil cannot properly do 
its work of furnishing food and moisture to your 
trees unless it is cultivated. It is essential to 
keep the ground well stirred and pulverized, just 
as in growing other crops. You can continue to 
grow other crops on your land after setting 
papershell pecan trees, but it is well to remem¬ 
ber that your pecan grove will be far more val¬ 
uable than other crops, so give your pecan trees 
first consideration, reserving a safe distance on 
all sides of each tree. For the first two or three 
years, six to eight feet will be sufficient. 
We have found that cotton, peanuts, peas, 
melons, and truck crops can be grown along 
with the pecan trees without injury to the trees. 
We do not advise corn or small grain crops. 
Winter cover crops, to be turned under in the 
spring, are fine. Rye, oats, crimson clover, hairy 
vetch, are good for this purpose. Where the soil 
is not very good it is advisable to leave off 
other crops and start at once to build up the 
land by planting both summer and winter cover 
crops to be turned under while green. Velvet 
beans, peas, etc., are good summer cover crops. 
Do not grow peas with bearing trees, however ; 
peas attract the green bug which causes kernel 
spot — those little, hard, bitter places that you 
have sometimes found in a kernel. 
Properly planted and cultivated, the paper- 
shell pecan tree will yield a handsome profit to 
its owner. It will continue to yield a profit for 
a great many years, even for a century. But re¬ 
member — it is a recognized fact that good 
profits are the result of good management. 
The Root System on Our Trees 
Our Lateral Root Sijstem 
Assures Success for You 
From thirty years of pecan tree 
culture we have learned certain 
things that enable us to produce 
better pecan trees. Our famous 
lateral root system has been devel¬ 
oped as a result of a constant series 
of experiments. We found that a 
good lateral root system is the life 
and making of a pecan tree; that 
the more lateral roots a tree has, 
the more feed roots it will have. A 
tree cannot have too many feed 
roots, as they gather the plant food 
and moisture so vital to early, and 
rapid, growth. These feed roots are 
finally responsible for the all-im¬ 
portant job of producing pecans. 
We honestly believe we can supply 
you with pecan trees that will live 
better, that will grow better, and 
that will produce better, than trees 
you purchase elsewhere. 
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Texas Pecan Nursery, 
