MAHAN PECANS 
MAHAN PECAN 
You can grow the world’s finest pecans in PRICES ON MAHAN TREES F. O. B. 
your own back yard. MONTICELLO 
Mahan trees are vigorous with extra large 
leaves and make as fine a shade tree as any 
you can plant. In addition they start bearing 
the second or third year and rapidly increase 
in production so that in a short time you will 
have all the fine pecans you want for home 
use and a surplus to sell. 
With each order for Mahan trees we send 
full instructions for proper planting and care 
that will insure your getting the best and 
quickest crops. 
Proper Distances For Planting 
Plant a few Mahan trees in your yard and Satsuma Oranges —- 18 to 20 ft. each way 
you will certainly be proud of the enormous Peaches none gece cane nese senna 18 to 20 a sock way 
pecans they produce. Japan Persimmons -_...-.- 15 to 20 ft. each way 
Pedirs 22 ee ae 25 to 30 ft. each way 
Every Mahan tree is guaranteed to grow, Pecansi 2 ee eee 50 to 60 ft. each way 
and any that might, for any reason die within 
one year of shipping date, will be replaced 
f. o. b. Monticello for only $1.00. 
@ The Georgia Coastal Plain 
Experiment Station recently 
completed a 12-year test they 
made of sixteen of the most 
popular varieties of pecans. 
The results of this test are 
shown in the table at the 
right. 
GEORGIA COASTAL PLAIN EXPERIMENT STATION 
PECAN VARIETY TEST 
FIRST TWELVE YEARS IN TRIAL GROUNDS 
No. 
Total Yield 
Crops Av. Annual Yield per Tree Over 
Date Age of No. of Pro- No. Nuts % per Tree Over Entire Bearing Period 
Note that the MAHAN not VARIETY Harvested Tree Yrs. Crop Yrs. duced perLb. Kernel Bearing Period Lbs. Nuts Lbs. Kernel 
only led the field, but was 
Mahan 10 
wilekino tie hha NL Moore 10-10 12 10 10 84 44 10.31 103.13 45.38 
oe 7 = o Success 10-16 12 9 9 65 49 11.07 99.67 48.84 
Isn’ . en a ae annual yield. Moneymaker 10-18 12 10 10 58 43 9.53 85.80 36.89 
sn't ' Is convicing proof to Farley 11-6 12 9 9 62 53 9.34 84.14 44.59 
you that the MAHAN is the Bradley 11-5 12 9 9 70 44 7.91 71.19 31.32 
perse you’ve been looking Tesche 11-1 12 9 9 72 43 7.81 70.30 30.23 
or? Big Z 11-2 12 9 8 64 49 7.24 65.20 31.95 
Oklahoma 10-20 12 8 8 60 45 7.79 62.35 28.06 
Schley 10-20 12 8 8 80 55 6.91 55.30 30.41 
Curtiss 10-26 12 8 8 102 54 5.38 43.05 23.25 
San Saba 10-18 11 7 6 97 57 5.81 40.67 23.18 
Pabst - 11-4 12 8 7 65 44 4.92 39.39 17.33 
Western Schley 10-14 12 8 8 68 55 4.33 38.68 21.27 
Williamson 10-14 12 8 8 63 51 4.29 34.35 17.52 
Stuart 10-29 12 8 8 56 45 3.82 30.56 13.75 
Y MAHAN PECANS (Actual Size) 
SPECIAL PREPAID EVERGREENS 
We are offering this year some of the best and most popular evergreens, 
Gardenia Florida— shipped to you prepaid, so that on this offer the price includes transporta- 
Sweet scented Cape Jasmine tion. These will be shipped bare-root, with the roots puddled in a thick 
Wax Leaf Ligustrum— mud to preserve the moisture, and then packed in damp moss. Pictures 
Glossy leaf deep green variety and descriptions of these varieties will be found in the catalog under the 
Nandita: Domesicase same names where they are listed Balled and Burlapped. 
Red berried, red leaves in winter Excellsa Arbor Vitae Broad Pyramidal Type 
Sweet Viburnum— Bente Pyramidal Arbor Vitae Narrow Pyramidal Type 
potee medium green leaves sweet wilte Spiny Greek Juniper Blue Green Semi-Dwarf 
OWEre Pfitzer Juniper Spreading Green Type 
Virburnum Suspensum— Podocarpos Maki Medium Yew 
Blooms very early spring, leathery leaves Cadaritynress 
12 to 18 inch—Standard ae F y, 
1.00 each—6 for 5.50 Prepai oe 
18 to 24 inch—Landscape Size Above 6 varieties: 
1.50 each —6 for 8.25 Prepaid 12 to 18 inch—Standard Size... 1.50 each—6 for 8.50 Prepaid 
18 to 24 inch—Landscape Size___________. 2.25 each—6 for 138.25 Prepaid 
THE MAHAN PECAN 
IS PROPAGATED AND OFFERED EXCLUSIVELY BY THE 
MONTICELLO NURSERY CO., Monticello, Florida 
