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21-year-old Pecan Tree 
PECAN NURSERY 
FEATURES 
The success of the orchard is determined by the char- 
acter 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 fruitfulness 
of the future orchard. We have found what seems to be the best for 
this purpose, a budded variety which produces an exceptionally 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 I[at- 
eral root system. Trees grown on sandy soil usually have an abnor- 
mally 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. Ifa tree hasn’t sufficient vigor by that 
time to be marketable, it is dug up and burned. The setting of dwarf- 
ish 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. 
This being the case, we have entirely discarded grafting. The chief 
reason why many nurserymen still adhere to grafting is that 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 reasonable prices. 
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HERE ARE 
OUR VARIETIES 
and PRICES 
We are testing about forty of the most promising varieties of 
Pecans. The following we consider among the best of these: 
Brooks. Promising new variety with excellent cracking qualities. 
Although small, it is a heavy producer, resistant to disease. 
Supply of trees limited. 
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. 
Desirable. Large nut of delicious flavor. Originated 1915-20 
in Mississippi, but Iost until discovered some years later by 
U. S. Department of Agriculture. Excellent cracking and 
separating quality. Early and prolific bearer. Supply limited. 
Farley. A new variety highly recommended by Georgia Coastal 
Plains Experiment Station. Vigorous and prolific. Early 
bearer; disease-resistant. Nut medium sized, round, well filled. 
A plump kernel, high in oil content, makes it a good cracker. 
Supply of trees limited. 
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. 
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. 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. 
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. 

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PECAN PRICES 
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5 trees at 10 rate, 50 at 100 rate, etc. 

WIGHT NURSERIES - CAIRO, GEORGIA 
