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Hi HICANS . 
Hicans are i Se. species: of hickory crossed with pecans They 
make pretty, fast growing trees end thus have considerable ornamental 
value, But in so far as the nuts are concerned, they are not in too 
high esteem of those who know them best. In general they are shy bearers, 
late in beginning to bear and uagually the nuts do not fill well, It? 
appears to the writer.that the cross should be. taken one generation 
farther,cither crossed back to a good hickory or pecan,or two hicans 
crossed, “hen ag the characters recombine, selestion might be made 
that woul& not have these faults, However we have had numerous requests 
for hicans in the past, so have grafted a few for those who want them, 
We have a few grafts each of Bixby,Burlington and Des Moines,All are. 
one year old grafts. 
Prices of all hickory trees, including hicans, are as follows; 
No. 1 trees $4,00 each. No. 2 trees $3,00 each. 
We do not try to have a set standard for hickory trees as we do 
for the walnuts,such as feet or inches’ of growth,to determine the 
price of the tree, But rather we use our own judgement as to the trees 
that appear to be making the best growth,these we class as No, l. 
While the trees we do not consider to be doing quite so- well, we 
elassuas Now es 
We charge the same for our hickory trees regardless of age, This 
is because we do not consider the older grafts worth any more than 
the one year old grafts, The greatest expense and trouble in: producing 
gracbed ndekery dmecsgas van vthe growing vr the stocks to a size large 
enough to"graft. After a’ tree is erafted, leaving it in the nursery 
row costs only the use of the land.The older grafts may,in: some cases, 
grow into a large tree sooner and may bear sooner,but in general the 
larger tree suffers a greater setback when transplanted: and the smal~ 
ler tree often catches up with it in size,Many nurseries charge fancy 
prices for their lefteovers of previous years, We are more interested 
that our customers get a living troe started than eer we make more 
profit on the larger trees, 
SPECIAL NOUICE. , 
The supply of the seeond edition of our little booklet is ex- 
hausted. We are in process of getting. out a third edition, We are 
going to Se this edition and try to make it a worthwhile book, 
in fact a Nut Growers Hand Book, The writer, Gilbert L. Smith has it 
partially wrtbeen: It. will express my views on nut growing in gener- 
al, care and fertilizing “of Upees; plancine: instructions,places to 
plant nut trees,a discussion of the different species sin eimverran, aE 
to aid the prospective grower in deciding the kind of nut trees to 
plant,etc. Mr. Benton will edit the miterial,making corrections and ie 
suggest such changes as he deems advisablé, et 
While we do not intend to make the booklet any more elaborate | 
than neccessary, it will cost us a considerable amount to have it |. Y 
printed. Therefore we cannot afford to send it out promi scously, free » 
of charge.e’So we will charge $1,00 for the book and will enclose with 
it a credit slip which can be applied at full value on any order for 
nut trees. Those who have purchased nut trees from us in the past will 
recieve a copy Pree. 

