THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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protection of the tree and roots from the sun, drying and 
chilling winds. With good trees properly handled and de¬ 
livered promptly to the planter with instructions to plant 
the same depth they originally stood in the nursery, well 
watered when planted, and the earth firmly rammed around 
the roots, the percentage of loss should not average over 
two or three percent. The planter should not be led to 
expect much growth the first year. With a better under¬ 
standing of the pecan the handling should be equally as 
satisfactory as with any of our standard trees. 
PECAN GROVE FARM, NURSERY AND ORCHARD. 
J. B. Wight, Cairo, Ga. 
My farm is located in southwest Georgia on the main 
line of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway. I started to grow 
pecans twenty-one years ago, when I obtained the best nuts 
procurable and planted them, the resulting trees yielding 
from $ 10.00 to $ 20.00 worth of nuts each per year. My 
reason for starting in this industry was that here and there 
in this section there were trees producing annually from 
two to ten bushels of nuts; 
and I inferred that if a few 
trees would do this, then 
a thousand would do equal¬ 
ly as well. I further con¬ 
cluded that pecans could 
be grown profitably at 10 
cents per pound. The only 
trees know then were seed¬ 
lings, and I started in to 
grow these. Later I became 
convinced of the immense 
superiority of budded or 
grafted trees over seed¬ 
lings; and I am now set¬ 
ting and selling only trees 
of this kind. The nuts 
are larger and the yield 
of the trees is more uni¬ 
form, as is also the age of 
coming into bearing. So if I can produce seedling nuts at 
10 cents per pound, I can profitably grow them from budded 
Grafting the pecan. 
Arcadia Nurseries, Monticello, Fla. 
The Finished Product. 
Arcadia Nurseries, Monticello, Fla. 
trees at less; and yet the prices obtained from the latter 
are much higher than for the former, on account of the 
greater size and attractive¬ 
ness of the nuts. 
Soon after planting my 
first orchard, I started a 
little nursery to supply 
trees for my own groves. 
As my own began to bear, 
some of my neighbors 
wanted trees; and so I 
was gradually drawn into 
the commerical nursery 
business. My specialty is 
pecans, and nothing but 
pecans of the best varie¬ 
ties. Care is also taken to 
use only stocks of healthy, 
vigorous growth for pro¬ 
pagation purposes. While 
this is important with all 
trees, it is more so with 
the pecan than with any other tree I know. 
A somewhat extended observation of the pecan nursery 
and orchard business in the South Atlantic and Gulf States 
has convinced me that there is no better location anywhere 
for the propagation and growth of the pecan than South 
Georgia, south Alabama, and north Florida. In this state¬ 
ment I am not forgetful of the alluviums of the Brazos and 
the Mississippi. These are good; but in results achieved 
we do not yield one whit to them. 
Over thirty of the best varieties of pecans are being test¬ 
ed in my groves. Some of these have already been discarded 
as worthless, at least for this section; while others promise 
to rival, or even surpass, as money makers the orange, 
the apple, and the peach in their most favored localities. 
HOW WE PROPAGATE. 
J. H. Girardeau, Jr. 
Manager Arcadia Nurseries, Monticello, Fla. 
Though we were one of the first nurseries to take up 
the work of propagating th^pecan by budding and 
1 
Budding the pecan. 
Arcadia Nurseries, Monticello, Fla. 
