Page 4 O. S. GRAY NURSERY, ARLINGTON, TEXAS 
IT DOESN’T TAKE LONG TO GROW A 
BEARING PAPERSHELL PECAN 
ORCHARD 

In this remarkable orchard—only 8 years old when the picture was taken—trees of the 
Moore variety produced an average of 30 lbs. PER TREE in the 7th year! Located near Shreve- 
port, Louisiana—name on request. 
Just think! Only 8 years before the above photograph was taken this 
was a cotton field. 
In former years, many thought it took 25 to 30 years to have a bearing 
papershell pecan orchard, but it doesn’t take long to have an orchard like 
this—with a GRAYWAY modern scientific planting plan; with proper 
management; and above all, with these amazing early-bearing O. S. Gray 
Papershell trees on tested rootstocks. 
Suppose you owned only 500 GRAYWAY Papershell Pecan trees 
like these—say 25 or 30 acres. You would have gathered 15,000 Ibs. of 
pecans the 7th year (30 lbs. per tree), and at only 15c per pound, that’s 
$2,250.00. How much land would you have to plant in cotton to bring 
that kind of a return? 
