Plant your pecan tree 
so that the upper or top 
lateral root is about the 
width of your four fin- 
gers beneath the top of 
the soil as_ illustrated. 
Fill the hole with good 
top soil. Use no fertil- 
izer until the. second 
year. 

ED 
As you fill the hole, 
settle the dirt well with 
water. It’s a good idea 
to give the tree another 
good watering within 
about a week, not he- 
cause the tree needs the 
water, but to be sure the 
dirt is well settled about 
the roots, then wrap the 
trunk with PAPER (any 
kind). This wrapping 
should extend from the 
ground to the first limb 
(if no limbs, to within 
8 or 10 inches of the 
top) and should consist 
of enough thicknesses to 
last throughout the first 
summer. This wrapping 
is VERY IMPORTANT 
as it serves as the best 
protection we know of 
against borers, sunburn 
and rabbits. 

Then, unless you live 
in a very dry climate, 
mound dirt up around 
the base of the tree, 
making the mound large 
enough to run_ water 
away from the tree and 
the hole in which it was 
planted. Do NOT water 
the tree any more until 
it gets dry after growth 
starts in the spring. Too 
much water during the 
winter or dormant sea- 
son often sours the roots 
and kills the tree. 
When watering time 
comes in late spring or 
summer, tear down the 
mound and make a de- 
pression or basin about 
the base of the tree to 
hold water. 
During dry _ periods 
vard trees should be wa- 
tered anywhere from 
once or twice per week 
to once every two weeks, 
depending upon _ need. 





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Papershell Pecan | 
PAPERSHELL 
P 3 C bi N Trees \ 
TREES Size No. £ | \ i if 
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PRICE 
LIST 
No: 48 

All Prices F. O. B. 
Arlington unless 
otherwise noted. 
Use regular Order Blank 
enclosed in this catalog, 
or just any sheet of pa- 
per, for ordering GRAY- 
WAY  Papershell Pecan 
Trees. Be sure to. state 
variety, quantity and 
size. 
. Diameter Approximate 1-5 Trees 6-29 Trees 
Site (Inches) Height (Each (Each) 30-74 Trees 
No. 178 eas Se ea $1.75 Same price, any quantity. 
No. 208 3 to 4 ft. 2.00 Add 25c¢ per tree for postage 
No. 258 11/16 to 13/16 4 to 6 ft. 2.50 2.35 2.25 
No. 308 13/16 to 15/16 3.00 2.85 2.75 
15/16 to 1-1/8 bto 8 ft. 4.00 3.75 3.50 
Many of the following two sizes have borne a few nuts in the nursery row. 
1-1/8 to 1-3/8 Tato It: 6.00 | 5.50 5.00 
1-3/8 to 1-9/16 B to 10 ft. 8.50 8.00 7.50 










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Most of the following sizes have borne one or more crops of papershell pecans in the nursery field. Some have 
SIZES borne five or six crops. 
No. 1158 1-9/16 to 1-3/4 8 to Il ft. 11.50 NOTE: If these bearing 
No. 1378 10 to 12 ft. | 13.75 13.25 sizes are to be packed 
No. 1658 T to 217 16.50 ‘00 | for shipment, add 10% 
No. 2258 2-1/2 ‘to 3 [ston Outten 22.50 for packing material. 
SPECIALS: We can quote on trees up to 5 inches in di- 
ameter that have borne good crops of pecans for several 












ALL BEARING SIZE GRAYWAY TREES ARE GIVEN OUR 
SCIENTIFIC CHEMICAL ROOT TREATMENT WITHOUT 
EXTRA CHARGE. 

(1) Add Sc per tree if Scientific Chemical Root-Treatment is desirea. 
(2) Add 25c per tree for Coy, Tissue Paper, Johnson, Major, Green River and Brake. 
(3) Add 50c per tree for Mayhan. t 
(4) These prices are F.O.B. Arlington. Write for prices on large quantities of trees. For Prepaid 
Minimum Order 
(5) All sizes except 178 and No. 208 should be sent by express or motor freight. 
(6) Ine length ot the root is NOT included in thé height of the tree. 
(7) Trees will be pruned, ready for planting, unless you instruct us otherwise. 
GRAYWAY METHOD OF PECAN TREE CLASSIFICATION 
Our customers have been so well pleased with our method of classifying our Western Grown papershell trees that we 
Shipment Is $5.00 
ere using it again. The usual method of using height alone very often places tall, slender trees in a high price class 
where they do not belong. The diameter of a tree is, in our opinion, the best indication of its value; so we go almost 
altogether by diameter rather than by height. 
The illustrations and specifications are for your guidance, to make it easy for you to order just what you want. Some 
varieties and trees vary slightly. Bear in mind that no two trees are exactly alike. We have chosen trees in the illustra- 
tions as fair representatives of the various classes. 
PARCEL POST SIZES. Sizes Nos. 178 and 208 may be sent by parcel post right to your mail box. The No. 178 have paper- 
shell tops two feet or more in length and are dug about 2's feet deep, making the entire tree nearly Tive feet long. The No. 208 
is a larger tree, running nearly six feet long, root and top. Both these sizes will transplant easily, and with reasonable care nearly 
100°% of them should live and grow. 
GUARANTEE: We guarantee our papershell trees to be true to variety and in first-class condition when they leave the nursery, 
but we do not guarantee them to live or grow — see our guarantee terms elsewhere in our catalog. 
SAVE! byusing "B" GRADE TREES 
"'B'' GRADE TREES are just as good fundamentally as the Standard ''A"’ Grade, except 
they have trunks or tops not straight enough to be put in the top grade. Some of them 
may have a slight wound or skinned place that will heal over and not hurt the real worth 
No. 258—Deduct $ .25 per tree of ihe kets uy yeu ve planting A orchard and want yous pony to go just as far as 
possible an on't mind staking a few trees, we recommend the ''B'' Grade trees for your 
No. 308—Deduct -50 per tree consideration. It is the grade that I nearly always use in my own orchard planting. for 
No. 408—Deduct .50 per tree experience has shown me that crooks in young trees don't amount to much as they grow 
out naturally as the tree gets older. 
No. 608—Deduct 1.00 per free 
We nas pane ous LB atront for many Keays to customers who have come to the 
nursery where they could see them in person, but this is the first time we have ever t 
No. 858—Deduct 1.00 per tree them in our catalog. They are real ‘'economy'' trees. on 
a: "C'' GRADE TREES are too crooked for the ''B'’ grade—often have tops bent over at 
No. 1158—Deduct 1.50 per tree quite an angle and need Staking for a year or two. Some have a short root or a split 
No. 1378—Deduct 1.50 per tree limb etc. If you have a piece of hazardous bottom land or a field where you don't want 
to spend much money for trees, perhaps the C-grades will fill the bill. They usually sell 
No. 1658—Deduct 1.50 per tree for about half price, and a good percent of them should develop into nice trees. 












