The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-04
SpeciaI Offer To Persons Located on
the SeabOard Air Line.

To encourage the planting OF grape vines
and nut bearing trees In the territory along
with Pinebluff, N. G. Grape & Pecan Com.
many. responsible parties to furnish vines aud
trees and nuts for planting, at very low rates.
But the agreement Is that no more than three
hundred trees and fifty vines and ten POUNDS
of nuts will be sold to one person, nor more
thai, five thousand will bo shipped to any one
station at the prices given.
Grape vines Of fine Niagara variety tnat
of very superior flavor, will be sold at three
cents each. These will bear the second year
from the fall or spring that they are set out.
for roofing will be sold at fifty cents hun
dred cuttings with proper care, at least one
half of the cuttings will live., They Will bear
the fourth year from time they are set out.
Cuttings from Moores Early, Delaware Cham.
nion and Concord will be sold at the same
price As many as two thousand cuttings
will be sold To one party,
Pecan tress one year old, which Us Inc most
suitable age to set out Will be sold at three
cents each, pecan nuts will be sold at fifteen
cents pound, they are the fine Texas grown
nuts The vines and trees can be set out
any time between the lst OF November anu
ist OF April, If they are set before spring 1t 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 nicely and 1t is rare vine or tree
but il planted in Spring they must be soaked
ten days before planting. The pecans Will
grow in any section along the Seaboard AIT
An acre set to pecans will return revenue
four times what an acre set TO cotton VIII
yield and when once set and IN good growing
condition, they do not need any more atten'
lion than o hickory nut tree They can be
set i'm the woods and will do we'll If a space
ten feet square is cleared OF trees ana brush.
They can be set In old worn out and abandon.
ed fields II a hole three feet square and TWO
d, l,,or lnd uni rich
the woods, and In planting the old worn out
fields in peeaus we are enhancing the value
of the lands to at least twenty dollars an acre
In four years lhe sTees Ia are prTPefy sreea
and q farm In pecans four years old can be
readily sold for twenty five to fifty dollars an
acre, 1t only requires about thirty trees to
an acre and al three cents tree tne cost
trees at O cost of nine dollars Will set ten &C.
res. Persons desiring to secure vines and
trees must arrange to purchase them through
their nearest s. a. L., station or industrial i al
any one at the price named unless an Indus.
trial or Station Agt. guarantees that they are
to be planted on land that Is tributary 10 the
Seaboard Air Line. That Is on land. owned
by persons who do business at some points on
the Seaboard Air Line. They may live TWEEN.
ty miles away from the road but II they do
their business by the Seaboard Air Line they
will be entitled to purchase the vines ana
trees at price named.
Persons living off the Seaboard Air Line
territory can buy the trees vines and nuts OF
the Pinebluff, Grape G. Pecan Company, at an
advance Of four times prices named above.
The following Is copied from the stuart
Pecan Co. Circular They sell one year old
pecan trees at twenty cents each. the regular
price OF all nurseries except the Pineolutf,
Company, whose regular sell Ing prices Is
twelve cents for nut trees and grape vines.
The special offer Of three cents each can be
offered only through the Seaboard Air Line
Station and Industrial Agents as stated
above -.
The Pecan belongs to the Hickory family,
Texas, often measures three to four feet in
diameter, with spread Of top sixty TO seven
ty feet. Many years ago some nuts were
planted In Maryland, and now some OF the
finest trees In the Union may be found grow
ing there It's habit Is lower and more spread
Ing than the hickory. When not too much
surrounded by other trees, forming one OF
shade trees. with foliage rich, dark green
in color. Under favorable condition 1t Is
very rapid growth.
The cultivation should be thorough. 1t is
best to grow some crop the first four or five
years cotton II you are located In the cotton
growing belt, or any crop requiring clean cul.
ture will do, and by mulching after the trees
have come into bearing the orchard may be
turned into u pasture
The Pecan begins 10 bear In some Instance
at Ave years, usually six or seven years. If
the tree had good attent ton, 1t nearly always
blooms one year before bearing nuts AT ten
years OF age you may expect paying crop,
Increasing in quantity annually until the
tree arrives at q mature bearing age, 35 to so
John T. Patrick,
Chief Industrial Agent, =. A. l..