GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OF NUT TREES 
Nut trees should be ranked in a class with other food producing 
trees. This will give the prospective planter a better picture of the 
needs of the tree. lor home planting one need not be as exacting about 
each factor which is good or bad for a tree because generally for the 
home the nut tree is filling a place as a shade tree on the lawn and 
every nut picked from the tree is just so much more food value than 
the ordinary shade tree will produce. For this reason a late killing 
frost due to lack of sufficient air drainage will not be a serious draw- 
back because generally severe frosts do not occur late enough to injure 
the nut tree group—they vegetate late. For the farm owner who is 
making every piece of land pay a dividend the nut trees are exceptionally 
fine. ‘They can be used along fertile fence rows, lanes, in the pastures, 
on the lawn and on hilly ground where the soil is rich enough to grow 
the trees as well as in the wood-lot. The nut trees have few pests com- 
pared to the fruit tree group. Most of the species we are growing are 
primarily forest trees. The prospective orchard man will want to pay 
particular attention to good air drainage, good soil drainage, rich soil, 
preferably with a good clay subsoil to hold fertility. No hard pan sub 
soil or trees planted on ridges of rock. They grow for a time, but as 
the roots cannot penetrate down will die in a few years. Usually land 
which will support other large growing trees is ideal for nut tree plant- 
ing. Most of the nut trees listed in our price list will do well on either 
acid or alkaline soil except the English walnuts. These require a de- 
cidedly alkaline soil. The chestnuts require a neutral to acid soil. 
Excerpt from a letter received recently. The original letters which 
we publish are on file here in our office, and can be examined at any 
time. Names are withheld to save annoyance for those good enough 
to write to us. 
From Washington, D. C., January 5, 1942. 
“Within a months time I expect to have additional acreage cleared 
for eighty additional pecan trees. You may remember that I have pur- 
chased some from you on two previous occasions, and that x x x x has 
already ordered ten from you for later delivery. The ones we have 
purchased from you previously have been far more satisfactory than 
from any other nursery, that is, bigger, better root system, and less 
mortality rate. This past seasons drought hit them all heavy except 
yours—only three of yours failed to survive—an excellent record. x x x x” 
