PAPERSHELL PECAN VARIETIES 
Budded On Our Own “Tested Rootstocks.” 
New Varieties 
We Are Recommending 
O. S. GRAY PECAN NURSERY, ARLINGTON, TEXAS 
• We are very careful about recommending new pecan varie- 
BURKETT (W). Very popular western 
variety. Large 40 per lb. Thin shell. 56% 
plump, rich kernel that everybody likes 
to eat. Mid-season ripener. Round shape, 
easily identified by public. Very scab re- 
sistant among western sorts. With insect 
control and proper pollination, it is a 
heavy producer, coming into bearing at a 
fairly early age. Making a fine record on 
sandier soils. 
WESTERN SCHLEY (W). 
First choice of some because 
of early and heavy production. 
About 55 per lb. 60% kernel. 
Good quality. Good flavor. 
Moderately early ripener. Vig¬ 
orous, healthy grov/er. Good 
yard tree. This variety in our 
opinion is one of the very best 
for locations with good mois¬ 
ture and fertility where it will grow splendid nuts. Higher in per cent 
of meat and scab resistance than Texas Prolific. 
well in Oklahoma in early fall frost 
showy nut and the earliest good se 
SQUIRREL'S DELIGHT (W). Ear¬ 
ly and heavy producer. Large 50 per 
lb. Medium shell. 56% kernel. Ex¬ 
cellent flavor. Larger than Texas 
Prolific, more scab resistant and 
more kernel; and we have seen it 
perform better under extreme dry 
conditions. Vigorous grower. Most 
scab resistant of all Risien Varities. 
Extra early ripener and should do 
districts. A splendid variety. Large, 
ler on the market. 
JERSEY (W). A small nut, 65-85 per lb. 
Named because of its “Rich flavor like 
Jersey milk”. Paper-thin shell. A real 
papershell that yields 60-63 per cent ker¬ 
nel. We consider this Risien pecan one of 
the finest to use about the home. Kernel 
is splendid keeper. 
SUCCESS (E). Most popular east¬ 
ern variety in Texas. Large, 40 
per Ib Kernel 52%. rich and 
plump. Medium shell. Fairly early 
producer, becoming highly produc¬ 
tive with age and should, there¬ 
fore, be used in moist, fertile loca¬ 
tions so it can fill well. Ripens 
uniformly in mid-season. Rarely 
sprouts in husk. Highly resistant to 
scab. A good seller. Buds out late 
in spring. 
DELMAS (E). Productive with 
age and has been very profitable 
because of its large size, nice 
shape and attractiveness. More 
susceptible to scab than other 
eastern sorts listed. Too late in 
maturing for North Texas and 
Oklahoma We think it lacks some¬ 
what in quality. 40 per Ib. 47% 
kernel. 
STUART (E). An old variety, safely 
used over wider territory, perhaps 
than any other. Large; shell med¬ 
ium; only 48 - 59% kernel; one of 
earliest ripeners of large eastern 
nuts; scab resistant; good grower. 
Recommended for more northern 
ana eastern section of area “E” 
where it seems to bear and ripen 
early and be prolific. 
NUMBER SIXTY (W) is one the 
finest eating pecans that we know 
of. tt is a real papershell, about 65-70 
per Ib. 60% kernel. It is a good bear¬ 
er and anearly producer. We have 
gathered them from little nursery 
trees about 3 feet from the ground. 
Mr. Guy Risien, son of the orogiha- 
tor, tells me that he probably pre¬ 
fers to eat tnis nut over all others. 
Pine for both the home and for 
the commercial sheller. 
SAN SABA IMPROVED (W) Medium 
size, 60 per Ib. Ranks with Eastern 
Schley in fine quality. 60% kernel. 
A heavy producer after it comes into 
bearing, though not an early bearer. 
Ripens moderately early. Seems more 
scab resistant than Western Schley. 
Apparently fills well in sandy upland 
locations. Not a large nut, but a 
good one rapidly increasing in popu¬ 
larity. One of the very best. 
ties, and frem a long list that we have had in our experimental 
block, we are selecting the fcllowing with our recommendation 
for extensive trial. 
desirable; 
* One of the largest 
nuts and most delicious 
flavor. It is larger than 
Stuart and has thinner 
shell than Stuart or 
Success. 
• Origin Mississippi 
about 1915-20 and lost 
until discovered by U. 
S. Dept, of Agricu’ture 
who sent us buds for 
test about four years DESIRABLE 
ago. Excellent cracking 
and separating quality. Light colored shell. Comes into bearing 
early and promises to be one of the heaviest producers. Scab- 
resistant. We think this is perhaps the most valuable addition 
to eastern varieties that has been made in years. One of our 
friends who has been watching this new pecan with us, already 
has over 1,009 trees of this variety and says it continues to 
show up better than anything else he has tried in the way of 
newer varieties. It has size, quality, flavor; is a good cracker, 
early-bearing, healthy, and prolific, and that’s a lot to say 
about any pecan. 
COY 
TISSUE PAPER 
CLARK (W). Early, prolific. regular 
bearer. Resists scab. Small, 65 per Ib. 
57% kernel of high quality Similar to 
Halbert in bearing qualities but superior 
pecan. Ripens mid-season. Seems a 
wonderful pecan to plant for cracking and 
should be highly profitable as a “filler” 
variety (See planting plan.) We have 
known this variety over ter years. This 
pecan is good enough for uoth a table nut 
and a shelling pecan and we are not hesi¬ 
tating to recommend it to our customers. 
Texas. 
“ Two new pecans that mature peifectly in Southern Kamsas 
where they originated. There is a definite need for more good va¬ 
rieties that will mature properly north of Central Oklahoma where 
frost catches some. We believe these will become standard va¬ 
rieties as soon as we have an opportunity to know them better. 
if Tissue paper has one of the thinnest shells; long shape with 
rounded ends; sweet, oily and fine flavor. A beautiful meat. 
^ A good producer with a record of bearing every year. 
COY is slightly larger than Tissue Paper, and one of the most 
attractive nuts in bulk that we have seen. An excellent kernel 
Origin, San Saba County, comes out clean. 
SCHLEY, (E). Ranks next to 
Success in popularity among 
eastern sorts. Unsurpassed 
quality and flavor of kernel. 
Large, 50 per pound. Fully 60%, 
kernel. Increasing in popularity 
especially in the central district 
where with age it is performing 
as a fine producer with soil and 
moisture. Recommended in up¬ 
lands of East Texas and bottom 
lands of Central and Western districts. This large, thin-shelled nut 
with full rich kernel always sells at a premium. Sometimes sprouts 
in the shell. 
MOORE (E). An amazing produ¬ 
cer. Bears early, bears heavily and 
ripens early enough to be one of the 
first on the market. Twigs and fine 
leaves resemble western type. 
Small, 67 per Ib. 50 r;. kernel of good 
flavor. A splendid cracking pecan 
that was somewhat neglected be¬ 
cause of its size, but a profit maker 
for all who planted it. Fully as re¬ 
sistant to scab as Success. No modern planting plan for eastern sec¬ 
tion is complete without it. Provides early pollen to,* other varieties. 
duced by Mr. Wm. Brake, Rocky Mount, N. C. Must be 
the neraest perfect pecan yet produced. Extraordinarily 
thin shell, about thickness of eggsheH, Smooth, plump 
kernels, 60 percent to 66 percent of total weight. We have 
never seen -ts equal in cracking-out qualities. Regular 
fruiter, early producer. Has fruited at Bastrop, Uvalde. 
San Sabs, Austin and other places in Texas, and reports 
x?/ Pfoniising as a fine variety for this section. 
We have exclusive distribution for the Southwest. Just 
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