tember of first year, and sometimes second year after planting. When 
trees make two feet or more of terminal or “shoot’’ growth, they may 
be ordinarily be considered to be out of any immediate danger from 
drought, although watering in dry seasons will always promote better, 
stronger growth at any time in the first half of summer. 
PROFITABLE BEARING IS YOUR GOAL, and that depends on 
GOOD TREES, OF GOOD VARIETY, PLANTED RIGHT, “THE 
MAN”, AND “THE LAND”. By prover care and fertilization, help 
your trees to grow quickly, and produce large, strong frame-works, 
capable of bearing profitable crops of large, well-filled, delicious nuts 
in 7 to 10 years. Properly set with good healthy trees, and well main- 
tained, your orchard may be productive INDEFINITELY. 
SEVERAL VARIETIES may be planted to insure a good crop every 
year, as some varieties tend to fruit heavier some years than others. 
We can choose your varieties for you if vou like, provided you give us 
a description of the soil and surroundings. We harvested and sold at 
wholesale prices, in the Fall of 1946. from 714 acres, 7,325 lbs. of high 
quality pecans, which brought $3,541.17. “orchard run’. These 105 
trees, grown in our nurseries, lived 100% when planted in 1926. They 
have not ever failed to produce heavy, profitable crops since they 
came into good commercial bearing in the mid-1930’s—in fact, Mrs. 
Watson harvested 8,250 lbs. from them the year the owner entered the 
armed forces in World War Il. This orchard, planted to several good 
varieties, is LIVING PROOF THAT IT PAYS TO PLANT GOOD, 
PROVEN VARIETIES AND TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. 
ESPECIALLY RECOMMENDED VARITIES, in view of our 45 
years of actual successful experience with pecans. we consider to be 
STUART, DESIRABLE, and CURTIS. However, all the following are 
iof distinct merit, and have well proven their worth: 
STUART is the standard Southern pecan variety. It is widely 
adapted to soil and climatic conditions. Does not require spraying 
for ‘“Seab’”’ fungus disease (also miscalled ‘“‘scale’’) and is generally 
a favorite with buyer and grower. Although it bears first crops some- 
what later than some others, it tends to be a regular, consistent pro- 
ducer of large, medium soft-shel'ed, good qualitv nuts. Size of se- 
lected nuts about 134.” long by 1” in diameter, and run about 45 per 
pound. The most widely planted popular variety in the South. Tree 
is rather upright in habit of growth, has dark green foliage, medium 
to large leaves. 
+ DESIRABLE is relatively new in our part of the South, but has been 
outstandingly successful in Ga., Ala., and Miss. for the past 25 years. 
It produces nuts nearlv as large as Stuart, extremely thin-shelled; it 
BEGINS BEARING SOON after planting, and bears very heavy crops. 
Very resistant to scab disease. An excellent cracking nut, of fine 
auality kernel. Nuts usually bring Stuart price or better on the market. 
Tree foliage is medium green, and makes a graceful, globe-shaped tree, 
especially ‘‘desirable”’ for shade and for production purposes. 
ACURTIS is most widely grown in North Florida, although it has been 
grown for many years in al! parts of the South. It is highly resistant 
to pecan scab, and is a regular to very heavy producer of very fine 
quality, medium sized, very thin-shelled nuts, very attractive to shellers 
and housewives. A very regular cropper, and it will produce nuts 
on poorest land and under the most adverse conditions of any variety 
we know, though it responds much better to good care. Ripens about 
3 weeks after Stuart. Foliage dark green, leaves fine, graceful, globe- 
shaped head of tree. 
\. MASTERPIECE (also called “Mahan”, “Fla. Giant’, ““Miss. Giant’, 
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