Page 16 O. S. GRAY NURSERY, ARLINGTON, TEXAS 
Look What a Ditterence 
Trees Help Make Lovely Homes 

“He who plants a pecan tree plants shade, comfort, pleasant hours and food for 
those who pass that way.” : 
A few trees certainly make a big difference in the apperance of a home, don’t 
they? No wonder we love trees so much! They do so much for us in so many ways. 
The home without trees, in the above sketch, seems somewhat “naked”; while the 
one with just a few trees is transformed into a most inviting and lovely place. 
The Pecan is one of the most beautiful and long-lived of trees, valuable not only 
because of its shapely beauty and long life, but also for its delightful, nutritious 
nuts. The food-value of pecans is well known, but do you know that a single pound 
of pecan meats has approximately the same amount of food value or energy as four 
pounds of beef? 
The wild birds, animals and Indians knew well the nutritive value of the pecan. 
Both the Squirrel and the Indian stored them for winter food supply. We have a 
friend who gathered more than 1,000 pounds of fine papershell pecans from his 
yard shade trees. Most homes in the pecan belt can grow a valuable part of their 
food supply on papershell pecan trees right in their yards, for the pecan will pro- 
vide both shade and nuts. 
SHADE TREES THAT PAY DIVIDENDS 
The pecan is the only tree we know of that will actually PAY you for setting 
it out—it will repay you every penny you put into it and then continue to pay 
dividends in cash (nuts) year after year long years after the planter has passed off 
the scene. When you buy the ordinary shade tree you “spend” money—when you 
buy a GRAYWAY Papershell Pecan tree for your home, you are making a wise 
investment that you may expect to pay increasing dividends for many years. Had 
you thought that a few Grayway Papershell Pecan trees about your home might 
pay your taxes? I have a photograph of a home in South Texas with one pecan 
tree in the yard that has kept the taxes completely paid for many years. 
EARLY BEARING 
Grayway trees— thousands of them — are 
bearing right in our nursery. We have gathered 
more than 5,000 Ibs. of papershell pecans from 
our nursery fields in a single season. Many 
trees with four or five year old tops bear quite. 
heavily, as you will see in the illustration. 
Many Grayway pecan trees start to bear a 
few nuts the next year after transplanting— 
that is, the second summer. Occasionally one 
will. bear the same year it is planted, but we 
think that this is bad for the tree. Usually, 
they begin to bear the second to third or 
fourth year after they are transplanted, de- 
pending upon the habit of the variety and how 
well it grows off, etc. 

