The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-12-06
SPECIAL OFFER TO PERSONS 10
GATED ON THE ;. IL.

i" ~sncouragc the planting ~ grape
YIN : aud nut bearing trees iii the terri
tory dong The Seaboard -kir Line. Ne
have arranged with Pinehlun. y. {.
Grape and Pecan Company. responsible
parties, to furnish vines and trees aud
nuts for planting. 1T vtry low rates. But
ths agreement is that not more than
three hundred trees and fifty vines anl
ten pounds Of nuts viii hc sold 10 on,
persons. nor NOR, than five thousand VIII
hc shipped to amy one station al the
prices given.
Grape vines Of fine Niagara variety
that produce a beautiful and delicious
white grape of very superior flavor. viii
be sold At three cents each. These Viii
bear the second Year from the flll ~
spring that they are SEM out.
Cuttings from the Niagara vines suit
able for roofing will h. sold 1T fifty
cents Il hundred cuttings; with proper
care. az least one-half Of the cuttings
Will live. They will bear the fourth year
from time they are set ont. Cuttings
from Moore's Early. Delaware Cham
pion and Concord viii 30 sold 1T the
same price. As many az two thousand
cuttings will be sold to one party.
Pecan trees one year old. which is the
49, - ~ 'ttt' NAIl
at three cents each: pecan nuts VIII bc
sold 1T fifteen cents 4 pound. They are
the fine Texas grown nuts. The vines
and trees can be set out any time bg-
tween the first Of November and first
of April. If they are set before spring
it is best. The winter and spring rains
cause the dirt To settle firmly around
the roots. and when warm weather
comes they begin to grow off nicely. and
1t is rarely a vine or tree dies. The nuts
can be planted UP to May 10th. but if
they are planted III the Spring they must
be soaked ten days before planting. The
pocans will grow in any section along the
Seaboard Air Line and the nuts COM
nand Il good price. An acre set to pc
cans will return !; revenue four times
what an acre set to cotton will yield.
and when once set and III good growing
condition they DO not need any more AT
tentlon than Il hickory nut tree. They
can BE- set III the woods and will DO well
II Il space ten feet square is cleared of
trees and brush. They can be set III
old Worn-out and abandoned fields il Il
hole three feet square and two feet deep
is dug and flied with rich dirt from the
woods. and in planting the old WORKOUT
fields III pecanS we are enhancing the
value Of the lands to at least twenty
dollars an acre III four years. If the
trees are properly cared for III four years
they will be fine, thrifty trees, and Il
farm in pecans four years old can readi-
~ be sold for twenty-five dollars an acre.
1t only requires about thirty trees to an
acre and 1T three cents Il tree the cost
would only be ninety cents. Three nun
bred trees at Il cost Of nine dollars will
set ten acres. Persons desiring 10 secure
vines and trees must arrange to purchase
them through their nearest =. y. l.. Sta
ton Industrial Agent. Trees and vines
will not be sold to any one ut the price
named unless an Industrial or Station
Agent guarantees that they are to be
planted III land that Is tributary t. the
Seaboard Air Line-that Is. on land own
ed by persons who do business ut some
points on the Seaboard Air Line. They
may live twenty miles away from the
road but if they do their business by the
Seaboard Air Line they will be entitled
to purchase the vines and trees at the
prices named.
Persons living off the Seaboard Air
Line territory can buy the trees. vines
and nuts of the Iinebluff Grape aud
Pecan Company at an advance OF four
times the prices named above.
The following is copied from the
Stuart Pecan Company Circular"
They sell onc-ycar old pecan trees 1T
twenty cents each. the regular price OF
all nurseries. except the Pinebluff Com
pany. whose regular selling prices is
twelve cents for nut trees and grape
vines. The special offer of three cents
each can be secured only through the
Seaboard Air Line Station and Indus
trial Agents as stated above:
The pecan belongs to the Hickory
faniy anil X farpI .,rou;pr -, -. x-;j1
state in Texas. often measures three to
four feet in diameter. with Il spread of
top sixty to seventy feet. Many years
z some nuts were planted in Mary
land. and now some of the finest trees
i'll the Union may be found growing
there. It's habit is lower and more
spreading than the hickory. When not
too much surrounded by other trees
forming one of the handsomest of shade
trees, with foliage Il rich dark green in
color. Under favorable conditions. it is
very rapid in growth.
The cultivation should be thorough. Ii
IS best to grow some crop the hrst four |
or five years; cotton If YOU are located
in the cottOn-grOwing Delt. or any crop
requiring clean culture will do. and by
mulching after the trees have come into
bearing the orchard may be turned into
Il pasture.
The pecan begins to bear in some in
stances at five years. usually six or seven
years. Ii the tree has had GOOD atten-
ton, it nearly always blooms one year
before bearing nuts. At ten years OF
age YOU may expect 4 paylng crop. III
creasing in quantity annually until the
tree arrives at Il mature hearing age. 81
to 80 years.
The names ana poSoffice addresses Of
Industrial Agents. through whom the
trees and vines can be secured, are az
follows:
w. w. Kain. Bowers Hill. Va.
r. z. Philhower. Stevens, Va.
Shelton II. Duke. Purvis, Va.
j. II. Eley. Carrsyille, Va.
Il. l. Leary and I. Q. Barrett, Frank
Va.
ID. I. Webb. Delaware. Va.
DR.. JOIN j. Deyer. and John Il. .Ab-