Well-developed Pecan Orchard 
Plant Pecans about the Home 
for Beauty and Profit 
Every home, whether on a city lot or in the country, should 
have a few Pecan trees planted around it. They provide excel¬ 
lent shade and will add beauty to any planting. With practically 
no care, compared to orchard plantings. Pecan trees will grow 
and thrive around the home. In addition to their beauty, they 
will produce bountiful crops of nuts. 
A number of homes in Cairo are getting sufficient revenue from 
a few Pecan trees planted about the house and garden to pay all 
taxes on the property. We will gladly select the varieties which 
will give best results in your section! 
Pecan Nursery Features 
The success of the orchard is determined by the character of 
the transplanted tree. A runt in the nursery never grows into 
a giant in the orchard. It is, therefore, important to begin with 
the best obtainable nursery stock. The following distinctive 
features characterize our nursery practice. 
1. The stock determines, to a great extent, the vigor and fruit¬ 
fulness of the future orchard. We have found what seems to be the 
best for this purpose, a budded variety which produces an excep¬ 
tionally strong and prolific orchard tree. These nuts are used in 
growing stocks for budding purposes. 
2. Our trees are not dug and “heeled in” to await a customer. 
This and other precautions account for the promptness with which 
they generally grow off when carefully transplanted. 
3. While well grown, our nursery trees are not over-stimulated by 
applications of excessive quantities of fertilizers. 
4. To transplant successfully, a pecan tree should have a good 
lateral root system. Trees grown on sandy soil usually have an 
abnormally large tap-root with few well-developed laterals. Being 
grown on a stiffer soil than that generally used for growing pecan 
trees, our nursery stock is the equal of any and superior to most. 
5. A tree with an older root than 4 years (most of our trees have 
3-year roots) is never sent out. If a tree hasn’t sufficient vigor by 
that time to be marketable, it is dug up and burned. The setting 
of dwarfish trees with roots 5 to 6 years old accounts for the failure 
of many pecan orchards. 
6. The experience of most orchardists is that a budded tree is 
better than a grafted one. In particular it is less subject to winter- 
killing. 1 his being the case, we have entirely discarded grafting. 
1 he chief reason why many nurserymen still adhere to grafting is 
because a tree can be grown more cheaply by grafting than by budding. 
Our first aim is to produce trees that will give satisfaction 
when transferred to the orchard, and then to sell them at reason¬ 
able prices. 
Here Are Our Variet ies and Prices 
We are testing about forty of the most promising varieties of 
Pecans. The following we consider among the best of these: 
Curtis. A very thin-shelled nut with sweet meat of excellent 
flavor. An old variety which has quite recently come back 
into favor. Supply of trees limited. 
Frotscher. Large, thin-shelled nut which has been widely 
planted. Placed by some at head of list of profitable varieties. 
Moneymaker. An early and prolific bearer and a healthy, vigor¬ 
ous grower. It is proving a very profitable commercial variety. 
Moore. Nut of medium size. A vigorous healthy grower and 
very early and prolific bearer. 
Nelson. Probably the largest Pecan grown. It is a strong, 
vigorous grower and an early and abundant bearer. Thick- 
shelled. 
Pabst. A safe nut to plant. While not quite as large as some of 
the above, it is a good bearer and one can hardly make a 
mistake in setting it. 
Schley. This variety is placed by some at the head of the list. 
It is a large, thin-shelled nut of fine flavor and is well filled 
with meat. Liable to scab near the coast. In quality of meat 
and thinness of shell it is surpassed by no other variety. 
Stuart. An old favorite that has been widely tested. This is a 
variety that can be planted with safety and succeeds over a 
wider territory than probably any other kind. 
Success. A Pecan of fine flavor. Originating in Mississippi, it 
has been widely disseminated during the last few years. 
Teche. Another old variety which popular demand has brought 
back into nursery production. A medium-sized, prolific variety 
of good quality. Most popular variety in the Albany, Ga., 
section. Supply of trees limited. 
PECAN PRICES-Ordcr Today 
Each Each 
Each 10 lots 100 lots 
2 to 3 ft.$0 70 $0 65 $0 60 
3 to 4 ft. 75 70 65 
4 to 5 ft. 85 80 75 
5 to 6 ft. 1 00 95 90 
6 to 7 ft. 1 10 1 05 1 00 
7 to 8 ft. 1 25 1 20 1 15 
8 to 10 ft. 1 35 1 30 1 25 
5 trees at 10 rate, 50 at 100 rate, etc. 
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WIGHT NURSERIES • CAIRO, GEORGIA 
