THE "GOLDEN RULE" OF 
GRAYWAY 
ASSURES YOUR SUCCESS 


“Others are due all that we would 
do for ourselves” 
GRAYWAY TREES ARE WELL-GROWN FROM 
THE START ... ABUNDANT IN ENERGY AND 
VITALITY . .. EASY TO TRANSPLANT AND 
QUICK TO BEAR 
It doesn’t take long to grow a bearing GRAYWAY Papershell Pecan Tree. 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 a fine, producing orchard -with the 
GRAYWAY modern scientific planting plan, with proper management, and above 
all, with early-bearing GRAYWAY  papershell 
tested rootstocks. 
these amazing pecan trees on 
MAKE WASTE PLACES PAY YOU A PROFIT 
Look at the beautiful papershell pecan orchard pictured below. Just think! 
Only 8 years before this photograph. was taken this was just a cotton field. This 
remarkable orchard—only 8 years old when the picture was taken—with papershell 
pecan trees of the Moore variety produced an average of 30 POUNDS PER TREE 
in the 7th year! This fine orchard is located near Shreveport, La. Owner’s name 
will be supplied on request. 
Suppose you owned only 500 GRAYWAY Papershell 
—planted on, say 25 or 30 acres. You would have gathered 15,000 Ibs. of pecans 
the 7th year (30 Ibs. per tree), and at only 21 cents per pound—YOU WOULD 
HAVE REALIZED $3,150.00! 
Pecan Trees like these 
How much land would you have to plant in cotton, in corn, wheat or any other 
surface crop, to bring that kind of a return? This orchard is typical of a great 
again and again, that TREETOPS YIELD MORE PROFIT 
THAN MOST SURFACE CROPS. 
number that show, 
Above scene is typical at O. S. GRAY 
NURSERY where thousands of fine 
GRAYWAY Papershell Pecan’ Trees 
are getting a healty start in life. 
And they deserve all 
our 
them. 
We're 
Papershell 
pride 
to 
to 
day 
our 

hundreds of 
proud of our 
Pecan 
give them a proper start 
the nice things 
visitors say 
about 

GRAYWAY 
Trees. And_ that 
is coupled with a determination 
in life, 
provide every safeguard for their 
security and well-being from the first 
throughout their entire 
stay in 
nursery. That care pays dividends, 
later on, for you in your GRAYWAY 
orchard. 
WE WOULDN'T 
SELL A TREE 
WE WOULDN’T 
BUY! 
We know 
trees — know 
what is necessary to build 
strength and 
vitality, the 
things that make for long 
years of sturdy growth and 
worthwhile production. 
The trees we 
our customers 
select for 
from 
sands of GRAYWAY 
thou- 
trees 
in our nursery are the same 
trees we would 
select for 
ourselves. We would insist 
upon the best for 
less is good enough 
us—no 
for our 
customers and friends. 
;, 
’ 
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The largest county in 
Texas is Brewster with 
an area of 6,208 square 
miles, being approxi- 
mately six times as 
Jarge as the state of 
Rhode Island. Rockwall 
is the smallest Texas 
county—having an area 
of 147 square miles. 
Thus _ Texas’ largest 
county is forty-two times 
as large as its smallest. 
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Promise is good, in- 
tention is better, per- 
formance is best. 
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“A thing of beauty is 
a joy forever.”’—Keats. 
* 
The age of the aver- 
age Christmas tree when 
cut is about five years. 
* 
There are one hun- 
dred different species of 
singing birds in_ the 
United States. 
* 
While California's 
Redwood trees are com- 
monly supposed to be the 
tallest in the world, 
some Australian Euca- 
lyptus are higher. 
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Character is what we 
are; reputation is what 
people think we are. 
* 
French heels are sa 
called because Louis 
XVI, a short man, wore 
high heels to appear 
taller. 
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The ostrich is the 
largest of living birds, 
an adult male stand- 
ing about 8 feet high, 
and weighing about 300 
pounds. 
* 
It has heen estimated 
that the work of 3. bil- 
lion hard driven unskill- 
ed laborers would be re- 
quired to replace’ the 
work done by machinery 
in the United States. 
* 
The Bible is world’s 
best seller. An average 
of 30 million copies are 
soid vearly, about 8&0 
000 a day. 
