HEALTHY TREES AND PLANTS FROM A HEALTHY COUNTRY 


Three Poular Varieties 
PECAN TREES; McKee’s Giant, Stuart or 
Success 
3 to 4 ft., $1.75—4 to 5 ft., $2.25 
5 to 6 ft., $3.00 
6 to 7 ft., extra heavy, $5.00 
It is profitable to plant only the finest trees. They will improve and increase 
the value of any farm. In time a wonderful shade tree. Only grafting wood 
from heavy bearing trees, therefore, assuring you of strong, healthy, quick-bearing 
trees. 
PECAN TREES as money makers. 
Profitable for others, they 
will be profitable for you. 
Time for Planting—Nursery trees should 
not be dug until they are dormant. For this 
reason it is well to delay planting until 
January. They may also be planted during 
February and March, but be sure to plant 
the trees before ‘they bud out. If there is 
a tendency for water to collect and stand in 
the holes dug for planting, delay pianting 
as long as possible. Transplanted trees put 
in standing water sour and may not even 
start growth. More pecan trees are prob- 
ably lost “drowning” than from any other 
cause. 
LOCATION OF THE ORCHARD 
Select a deep well-drained soil. Avoid 
deep, sandy soils, those with hardpan (com- 
pact clay subsoils), poorly drained, shallow 
‘soils, and soils with a water table near the 
surface. 
There are too many pecan trees planted 
on soils not suitable for profitable orchards. 
The selection of the soil and the site for new 
pecan plantings should be given careful at- 
tention. The alluvial or river-bottom soil 
is the natural habitat of the native seedling 
pecan. The deeper, more fertile upland 
soils also may be planted to pecans. Although 
these two groups of soils include a wide var- 
iation of soil types and soil conditions, only 
the better drained and more fertile soils are 
suited to pecan production. 
PLANNING THE ORCHARD 
A pecan orchard should be viewed as a 
long-time proposition. At the present time 
no one knows how long a pecan orchard will 
be productive. Planted orchards fifty years 
old and over are still in production. Thus 
considerable care needs to be exercised in 
planning the orchard. 
McKEE LEADS AGAIN . 
We have now made it possible for you to transplant 
twelve months out of the year. The end of February 
need no longer mean the end of the planting season. 
We are growing for you a complete line of Nursery 
Stock in cans—Roses—Gardenias—Gardenia Radicans— 
Abelia Grandiflora—Bottle-Brush—Spirea—Wisteria— 
Pyracantha—Magnolias—Camellias and other plants too 
numerous to mention, in many instances with blossoms. 
Why not try to plant a blooming Rose in June or July? 
It is now done successfully. 
For your convenience our Garden Center, 200 Boston 
St., Covington, La., carries a complete selection of con- 
tainer-grown plants. Our specially built shipping cartons 
for this container-grown stock assure plants’ arrival in 
perfect condition. Get the thrill and satisfaction of 
gardening every month of the year. BUY CONTAINER- 
GROWN STOCK FROM McKEE, THE PIONEER. 
