Greenriver Pecan tree 24 years 
planted in a farm truck patch. Good 
for 50 lbs. of nuts now and one or 
two hundred larger crops in the 
days to come. Note the man. 
Another way of testing your climate 
for Pecans is this: Can you grow dent 
corn? If so, you should try some Busseron 
Pecans. 
Since the limiting factor on ripening 
nuts is the number of warm days in the 
summer and the length of the growing 
season, there is bound to be a considerable 
area at the northern edge of the Pecan 
zone in which the trees will ripen their 
nuts some seasons while in other sea- 
sons they will not. But in any case you 
can be assured of a beautiful shade tree 
anywhere from Boston to Niagara Falls 
and southward. A gentleman from West- 
field, N. Y., near Buffalo, writes: “I have 
Busseron Pecans that came through the 
winter of 1933-34, the coldest in 60 years.” 
Since the cost is no more than many 
other shade trees, and they are very beau- 
tiful trees, you are quite justified in plant- 
ing a Pecan where the climate will knock 
you out of a half or two-thirds of the 
crops. The other half or third of the crops 
will be that much more than your maples 
or your elms will yield. 
Soil for the Pecan 
The Pecan is a weak feeder. It must 
have fertile soil if it is to do its best, 
fertile soil and moisture. In nature it is 
usually a native of the alluvial lowland, 
and to get good large nuts you must put it 

in a good soil and feed it; feed it as you 
would a vegetable garden. It will make a 
beautiful tree in less fertile locations, but 
it will grow more slowly and bear smaller 
nuts. The glorious Greenriver tree pic- 
tured above stands in an upland truck 
patch on good clay soil. It has bene- 
fited by the care of the garden in which it 
stands. 
After it recovers from transplanting, a 
well-fed Pecan tree will rival the maples 
in rate of growth. 
Shade for the Pasture Field 
A Pecan or other nut tree is a perfect 
shade tree for the pasture lot, and the 
animals standing under it will auto- 
matically fertilize it with their droppings. 
Such has been the history of many a nut 
tree with a famous bearing record. 
W. C. Reed & Son, of Indiana, are pio- 
neer experimenters with northern Pecans. 
They report a crop as follows— 
“Crop varied from twenty to fifty 
pounds per tree; think two trees bore 
seventy-five pounds each, 
“Trees were planted twelve years ago 
on high clay land. 
“They have been cultivated regularly. 
“Were not fertilized, but were on good, 
strong land. 
“Trees are from thirty to thirty-five 
feet tall.” 
