How to Select the Pecan Varieties Best Suited to 
Your Soil and Climate 
Zone No. 1 — Not recommended for commer¬ 
cial planting. We recommend for home planting 
in east part: Stuart, Success, Moore, Money 
Maker; in west part: Burkett, Success, Schley, 
Zone No. 2 — Only the Eastern Varieties rec¬ 
ommended : 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 up¬ 
land. 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 Va¬ 
rieties recommended — Western Varieties for 
west part and uplands ; Eastern Varieties in east 
part and 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 Varie¬ 
ties in the lower altitudes and river bottoms of 
Zone 3, and the Western Varieties on the up¬ 
lands and in the higher altitudes of Zone 3. 
Plant Western Varieties on all lands west of 
dividing line between Zones 3 and 4. 
Extract from Texas 'Department of Agriculture Bulletin No. Ill 
''THE PECAN IN TEXAS’’ 
“Five important physical factors enter into successful pecan orcharding: good 
soil; thorough preparation; good trees; good cultivation; and the proper varieties. 
Equal in importance, perhaps, to all factors combined, is the man behind the job; 
for upon his efficiency depends almost entirely the success of the enterprise. 
“Trees should be bought from reliable nurserymen, having a reputation for 
fair dealing. If the nurseryman grows his own trees on his own ground, the 
chances are better for the purchaser to get the varieties preferred. 
“The cost of care of poor trees is the same as that expended for good trees. 
The higher price paid for good trees is cheaper in the long run than the smaller 
price for the purchase of poor trees.” 
Buy from Reliable Nurserymen 
Incorporated,Tyler 
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