. Pleasant Valley Nurseries : 1902 [catalog]. Nursery stock New Jersey Moorestown Catalogs; Nut trees Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. Pleasant Valley Nurseries—Pecans, Etc. 5 Pecan culture is rapidly increasing, there being few trees that yield so regular and large an income after they attain bearing age, which is 6 or 8 years after planting. Any soil where the hickory grows is suitable to Pecans, but trees grown in rich, alluvial soil produce larger crops. Nuts may be planted in the place where trees are to grow permanently, but experienced Pecan growers of L
. Pleasant Valley Nurseries : 1902 [catalog]. Nursery stock New Jersey Moorestown Catalogs; Nut trees Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. Pleasant Valley Nurseries—Pecans, Etc. 5 Pecan culture is rapidly increasing, there being few trees that yield so regular and large an income after they attain bearing age, which is 6 or 8 years after planting. Any soil where the hickory grows is suitable to Pecans, but trees grown in rich, alluvial soil produce larger crops. Nuts may be planted in the place where trees are to grow permanently, but experienced Pecan growers of Louisiana advise raising the trees in the nursery one or two years before planting in the orchard. In growth, the Pecan is symmetrical. It is valuable as a shade tree, retaining its light green foliage until late in fall. It produces sweet, oblong, thin-shelled nuts in great abundance. 50 cts. each,< $5 per doz., $35 per 100. FILBERTS (Hazel Nuts) Of easy culture, dwarf, hardy; good croppers. Every one should pecan nut. have Filberts. KENTISH COB. One of the largest and finest of Filberts; meaty and of excellent quality. 50 cts. each, $5 per SHELLBARKS A hardy, thrifty, large-growing tree; nut sweet, of excellent flavor, thin-shelled. 50 cts. each, $5 per doz., $40 per 100. ALMONDS Wood valuable for Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pleasant Valley Nurseries; Collins, Arthur J; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Moorestown, N. J. : Arthur J. Collins
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