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W* will present to you in this booklet vital facts in regard to production of paper- shell pecans and Satsuma oranges. The facts and figures given have been secured from the most reliable and authentic sources pos- sible—among these being numerous bulletins and reports issued by the United States Department of Agriculture through its experimental stations —reports of meetings of National and State hor- ticultural and nut growers’ organizations and various publications dealing with these subjects. We have also included valuable information relative to supply and demand, markets, importa- tions, carefully gathered from successful growers and horticulturists and from government statis- tics. _ As very little is known by the general public in regard to the exact possibilities of paper-shell pecans and Satsuma oranges, we have endeavored to bring as much information as is possible in this little booklet to the reader in a concise and ne peers manner. | MOBILE FARM LAND COMPANY (INC.), Mobile and Chicago. Mobile Farm Land Co. (Inc.) 514-516 Commercial National Bank Bldg. CHICAGO Telephone Randolph 2343 a MoBILE OFFICE GROUND FLoor, BaTTLE House DIRECTORS Louis J. Davis, Manager Mobile Gas Company - Mobile THEODORE K. Jackson, President Mobile Electric Co. Mobile Cuar_es D. WiLLouGusy, Cashier First Nat’l Bank - Mobile GeorGE FEARN, JR., Geo. Fearn & Son, Real Estate Mobile EawarD W. FaiTu, Attorney-at-Law - - - Mobile Harry O. Hanson, Cashier Mobile GasCompany - Mobile BENJAMIN S. CoweEN, Mobile Farm Land Company - Mobile OFFICERS Louis J. Davis” - - - - - - - President THEODORE K, JACKSON. - : - - Vice-President Harry O. Hanson - - - - - - Secretary BENJAMIN S. CowEN - General Manager and Treasurer Louis C. IRVINE - “ - - - Sales Manager E. K. Dyar - : +o - Farm Superintendent (Recently in charge of Ex-Vice-President Fairbanks’ extensive farming operations in IIlinois) FRISBIE & GEIS Commercial National Bank Building CHICAGO % os THE PAPER-SHELL PECAN And How It Has Developed From the Original Wild Nut to a Remarkable Com- mercial Success. HE first record of the pecan is dis- covered in the history of the early French settlers of this country. Bienville, a French explorer, land- -ing on the shores of Mobile Bay in 1699, found > | one of the staple foods of the Indians—a palat- able nut growing wild in the dense forests around this beautiful bay. This nut—now known as the common pecan— became one of the first articles to be exported to Europe by the early colonists and since that time many people in the South have been profitably engaged in the gathering and sale of the wild pecan. Speaking of the tree itself—it is essentially an American tree—growing luxuriantly as a forest tree in the alluvial bottom lands of the southern Mississippi Valley—rarely being found north of Mason and Dixon’s line. It is a member of the hickory family (hicoria pecan), being extremely hardy, resembling in general appearance the oak. An idea of its age can be gained from the fact that several large trees recently vei down showed by the annual “srowth rings” that they were over 600 years old. These trées were still bearing and there is a notable tree in Mexico, which is five feet in diameter, bearing over a ton of nuts annually. The pecan has a root system radiating from an exceptionally large tap root that goes deeply into the ground, drawing up moisture from the © subsoil, making the tree proof agaimge lack or — excess of surface moisture. i “) nd Pod 4 with:its hard shell, avid: cheteaeaeea r partitions of the nut. Gulf Coast and ‘a 3 acieloptaeeal pi oa within the memory of this generatic in About. sens yom ago Slee W. R The Late Colonel W. R. Stuart Pioneer of the Pecan Industry The Mobile Plan A eat Page ten development of the wild pecan nut and began ex- perimenting—with the idea of eliminating the . hard shell and thick bitter inner partitions and producing a nut that would rival the English walnut in palatableness. Colonel Stuart noticed early in his investiga- tions throughout the South that occasionally a tree was found growing under favorable condi- tions that produced the kind of nut he had in mind. ; MR, +o ? He selected the best specimens of these nuts and planted them, caring carefully for the Maen ‘A trees—but you can imagine his disappointment — when these trees reached the age of bearing at the end of seven or eight years—to find that the: nuts produced were not like those he had planted, — z but were only ordinary wild pecans. ¥ Realizing that the ideal ae — He went back to the trees from which h a e | ‘ahs Hikes uke ratte ieasce _ them onto at i bissee was abl 7. Page eleven The Mobile Plan Ocean Springs, A. G. Delmas of Scranton, Miss., Oscar Oliver of Louisiana, C. EF. Pabst of Ocean Springs—originating nearly all of the standard varieties of the paper-shelled pecan in the Mobile district among which are the Stuart, Mobile, Frotscher, Alley, Delmas, Success, Pabst, Russell, Lewis, Hovens, Jewett, etc., etc., many of the varieties being named after their originators. These men have worked out the details of -—-~propagation, cultivation and fertilization past the experimental stage to a state almost reaching perfection, until today we have the paper-shell -_ pecan—with a shell so thin that it can be crushed in the palm of your hand and the inner partitions are nothing but-tasteless tissues. It is as large as the average Bnglish walnut, a but on account of the thin shell there is a much fo. -preater proportion of meat to each nut—and the = meat being exceedingly sweet and rich and of a es texture, forty or fifty nuts making a , as compared to one hundred and twenty c o hundred of the ordinary pecans. © he eader_ will : see Phe ants — while the ow (Tl2qS JO ssauUIY], 2}0N) ezIg TenoV ‘S3InN Page thirteen The Mobile Plan this nut, the pecan tree has been developed to the hardiest, longest-lived, and most dependable and productive nut bearing tree known. THE COMMERCIAL SUCCESS OF THE PECAN NOW A CERTAINTY. The Experimental Stage Is Past. The United States Department of Agriculture, the State Agricultural Experiment Stations, and the success of nurserymen and private growers have lifted the growing of pecans in a commer- cial way up to a permanently established basis. Nuts are becoming more universally recog- nized every day as a staple article of diet. Many prominent physicians and sanitariums are recommending raw foods chief of which are nuts as an exclusive diet. Many restaurants in this country serve nothing but raw foods and nuts, and more and more the _ public is being educated to the consumption of these nutritious foods. - With the continual destruction of our natural forests the nut bearing trees are growing scarcer each year. It would require the planting of large groves every year in order to keep pace with the destruc- a tion of our wild nut trees to say nothing of a coping with the continually increasing demand. The Mobile Plan Page fourteen Manufacturers of candies, confections and table delicacies are opening up new sources of con- sumption almost daily. Importation of nuts into the United States has more than quadrupled during the last decade, the value of the importation amounting to over $15,000,000 annually. Taking these facts into consideration, can there be a doubt in your mind that the growing of paper-shell pecans can be anything but a tre- mendous success? When the people of this country import and pay heavy duty on $15,000,000 worth of nuts every year, it is apparent that we have been overlook- ing one of the greatest opportunities for a suc- cessful commercial proposition that has ever been offered. The Age of Bearing, Yield and Price. The paper-shell pecan trees are produced from seed—the nurserymen beginning with the planting of the nut, and produces what is known as a seedling. This seedling he carefully cultivates and cares for until it is two years old, when he root-grafts or buds into the seedling stock, scions or buds taken from a tree of known variety, cutting off the seedling trunk and diverting the entire te Page fifteen The Mobile Plan strength of the two-year-old root into the grafted or budded section, which now becomes the main trunk. When this young tree has had a three-year growth, under proper care and cultivation, it is ready to transplant to the orchard. This is what is commonly known among nurserymen as a “three-year-old” grafted or budded tree, although in reality it is a five-year-old tree (dating from the planting of the nut), and if it has been grown under right cultural methods, it will invariably be larger and stronger than: an average five-year- old seedling tree. It is a much more expensive method to plant nursery grown trees than to begin with the nut, but it saves years of time and it is an absolute guarantee of desired results. In fact, it is the only safe and sure method to pursue. If good, thrifty, “three-year-old” grafted or budded trees of the best varieties, grown in the nursery as above described, are transplanted to the orchard where soil and climatic conditions are suitable to the variety selected, and then properly cultivated, fertilized and cared for, they Pee, will yield, dating from the time they are set out ae in the orchard, as follows: The Mobile Plan Page sixteen 6th: years. icsaivineonereem 10 pounds (th yeate xsd ercakiiepees ee 25 pounds Sth Years ieee eee 45 pounds Oth: year: civ cee ee 70 pounds 10th year, -: .ssecnd eee oe 100 pounds These figures are not estimates but are the tabulation of averages secured from figures given by scores of nurserymen, horticulturists and private owners of pecan groves. Even considering that the constantly increasing demand for paper-shell pecans, which cannot be bought in the North efor less than $1 per pound, will not sustain the high price, we must believe it will at least assure a stable price. Let us put the price of the fancy paper-shell pecan down to the present retail price of ordinary seedling pecans—25 cents per pound—and we secure the following figures—based on the planting of 18 trees to the acre and a low average-on yield and bearing age—from a five-acre orchard of paper-shell pecans: After Pounds Income Income Income per planting tree. pertree. pertree. peracre. five acres. 6th year 10 $ 2.50 $ 45.00 $ 225.00 7th year 25 6.25 112.50 _ 562.50 8th year 45 11.25 202.50 1,012.50 9th year 70 17.50 315.00 1,575.00 10th year 100 25.00 450.00 2,250.00 We have seen nuts on a one-year-old tree in the nursery row, and know of a tree four years old from the bud which bore forty pounds. Water Front Scenes The Mobile Plan Page clean These, however, are exceptional cases. Seedling trees 25 years old often bear from 300 to 500 pounds. As indicating the extraordinary value of such a tree, we might mention one owned by Mr. J. W. Laurendine in Mobile County from which he sold in one season 400 pounds of nuts. for — $400.00. He also received in the same season ~ $200.00 for wood to be used for the purpose of — budding other trees. : You understand, of course, that the pecan is — a large spreading forest tree and in its later life — requires a great deal of space, although in the — first twenty-five years it will not occupy all space allotted to it—when the trees are set out, iy fifty to fifty-five feet apart each way. . ay It is, therefore, economical and profitable | to sort of tree requiring little space and which will yield a profit from these waste spaces. In all the range of horticulture, no more ideal — tree for this purpose can be found than the SATSUMA ORANGE. The Satsuma Orange has been introduc this ey from ie ap: ies a2 ar part of aa where there is. dar SE a : a + . Wie Page nineteen The Mobile Plan under conditions similar to those found in the Gulf Coast of Alabama. It is budded on the hardy, frost-proof native stock of the citrus trifoliata. This produces a dwarfed tree about eight or nine feet in height that seldom shows signs of life until early in the spring, thus reducing the danger of frost to a minimum, and it has often withstood a temperature of 10 degrees above zero. The Satsuma orange is slightly smaller than the ordinary sweet orange, slightly flattened, colored a deep yellow, and of a sweet and de- licious flavor. | It has a loosely adhering rind and the seg- ments are easily parted. This feature gives it the name of the “kid-glove orange.” Probably the greatest marketing advantage of the Satsuma is the fact that it ripens very early— in September and October—before any other varieties are on the market and naturally meets a large demand at good prices. | In addition to this early-ripening feature, it will hang on the trees until along in January, ey and unlike any other orange, it can be safely left on the tree until thoroughly ripe and then shipped ue hout danger of decay, thus making it one of The Mobile Plan Page twenty The Satsuma is easily cultivated, comes into bearing in about three years after planting, con- tinuing to bear for a generation, and is notably free from disease and insect pests. | The pecan trees are planted fifty-two and one- half feet apart each way and half way between them we plant Satsuma orange trees, alternating the rows of pecans with rows of Satsuma oranges, and in this manner two hundred and thirty-four of these trees will be planted in each five acre tract. ; ee On account of the fact that the Satsuma orange has such a sparkling and lively taste and can be ef 4 put on the market long before any other variety, 2 it naturally brings a high price—the average return being from 15 to 25 cents a dozen wholesale. — 7 12 cents per dozen and basing the yield of | tree far below the average, we give herewi' table of additional profits obtainable from p! ing 47 Satsuma orange trees to each acre « total of 234 trees to each five-acre pecan or including a column showing the total profi both the paper-shell pecan and the Satsuma — . _— Page twenty-one / The Mobile Plan In- Combined After Oranges come Income Income _ crop pecans planting per per per per and oranges, trees. tree. «tree. acre. fiveacres. five acres. —s 6th year 300 $3.00 $141.00 $ 705.00 $ 930.00 7th year +400 4.00 188.00 940.00 1,502.50 ; 8th year 500 5.00 235.00 1,175.00 2,187.50 —s-9th year 500 5.00 235,00 1,175.00 2,750.00 «10th year 500 = 5.00 235.00 1,175.00 3,425.00 Bs This table is not an estimate of possible or _ probable results. It is the very low average of Me: actual, tabulated results covering many years’ ances the figures have run a great deal higher n any we have quoted. a Mobile is 770 Miles South of Chicago wip (Twenty-eight Hours’ Ride) ae x e x ® 4 rae Sa SX Puerajnog }OOY OO eo x ® e® x ® SD a, G4 OS a ae Vy Ps , ® x~ @©x °® es. NOR en aie ~ »< f™ x PSE OS. x x en oo. Ok 6. <6. KX © Kk 8 » SEs.” < OX. @ CP a MP KO OK e® x« @®x @x.e.x«x ® 7 ee en Ow MR KO ® x~@ex~eoex.x~.eoexK~erxe-» ® ees ae oI SD I SS NE EK Aw @® x~@e xo xeoexrKneeoexKxex ® Re a OR Oe KK > os Pen ee ee Om ® x @x.xexe.xTxe.xTxe x e® 60 Foot Boulevard A Five-Acre Tract Dots show Pecan Trees, crosses indicate Orange Trees. Pecan Trees 52% feet apart. 91 Pecan Trees and 234 Orange Trees planted in each five-acre tract = : = rs * bas °vSTER BEDS Meat of the Pecan. Actual Size sys Pa iy ; r ie ADVANTAGES OF PAPER-SHELL PECANS — OVER APPLES, PEACHES AND PEARS. ~ Paper-Shell Pecan Or- chards are not seriously injured by drouth; ; are rather benefited by heavy rains ; survive all such Treht frosts as we have; have no. serious diseases or vital enemies when bearing ; : require little care, labor or attention when they begin to bear; are not perishable, can be gathered and marketed when convenient and ~ prices are highest and be- ing shipped in bags or ‘sacks the expense of box- ing and crating is saved. live and bear vigorously for hundreds of years; are profitable to a much greater degree than any other nut or fruit; provides a constantly in- creasing income through- out the life of the owner and the lives of his sur- viving wife, children or other descendants or de- pendents; rendering him independent for life and protecting his posterity against poverty and want. —— ™ ate a. ih > . by “the destructi Apple, Peach and Pear Orchards . are killed by drouth; are ruined by heavy rains; suffer from the intense cold -of the North; are destroyed and often completely exterminated by parasites and pests; require constant care and at- tention and _ considerable labor, including spraying, pruning, etc. are perishable, hardées to handle, must be picked promptly, boxed, crated and wrapped, and if there is a “glut in the market” the returns are nil. and, even when supple- 4 mented by side crops the = returns are no earlier than — - from pecan orchards so - supplemented ; ae Lae yield precarious brofits and pecan ; 2 even if they attain : natural age, yield come for only a mp tively few years, m bes of ee - Page twenty-nine The Mobile Plan THE MOBILE PLAN And What It Means to You. The Mobile Farm Land Company has, after careful investigation, selected, with the advice of horticulturists thoroughly familiar with all dis- __ tricts in which pecans and Satsuma oranges can be profitably grown, a large tract of land near the city of Mobile and will plant this land, won- derfully adapted for the purpose, with pecans and Satsuma oranges and keep the trees under expert care for five years, turning over the five-acre orchards to the purchaser at the end of that time. % i=, & On each five acre tract will be planted 91 j a three-year-old. grafted or budded _ paper-shell - pecan trees of selected varieties, and 234 one- year-old Satsuma orange trees budded on hardy frost-proof native stock of the citrus trifoliata. During the first five years of the trees’ growth, | expert attention and care are needed and practically all risks are encountered, the ee remain under our care, we are all the os ar a guarantee of five -and the ae of the trees. S901], UBI9g JO enuZAY hk. ad Page thirty-one The Mobile Plan Of course, the Mobile Farm Land Company may still be relied upon at the end of the five years to care for the orchard and market the crops on a percentage basis, if the purchaser wishes them to do so, as it will still be occupied in the immediate vicinity with its own orchards and farming industries. As we have stated previously, the selection of all trees and the methods of cultivation will be under the supervision of a reliable pecan expert, and the Mobile Farm Land Company will have under his direction horticultural experts in both the raising of pecans and Satsuma oranges, and marketing them. But more important than this—we have ar- ranged with Mr. E. K. Dyar, lately superintend- ent of ex-Vice-President Fairbanks’ large Illinois farms, to take charge of these orchards, and - he will constantly supervise our vast farm and orchard enterprises and greatly assist in the building up of an ideal farming and orchard community as a suburb to the city of Mobile. Mr. Dyar is a man of wide agricultural experi- ence, of progressive ideas, technical knowledge and enthusiasm for this work, and taking all in all, no better man could be found in the length and _ breadth of this land to take charge of such an _ undertaking. : =. = a> a o o h & o on io] rs] b fe) oS & ear Old Satsu Three-y Six-year Old Satsuma Orange Trees ere ene, The Mobile Plan Page thirty-four The Suburban Location of Our Property. It is hard to realize that the. opening of the Panama Canal which will revolutionize the ship- ping routes of the world, is only three or four | years distant- A glance at the bird’s-eye view in this book- let will show at once that Mobile is destined to be the chief port for Panama business, especially for the enormous coal traffic which is to grow out of that enterprise. The cheapest tidewater coal in the world will be found at this port, through the expenditure > of $15,000,000 by the United States Government to make available to navigation the great Ala- bama coal fields. Private capital to an equal extent is developing dock and other facilities to — meet the demands incident to the opening: of 2 the Panama Canal. 1s The orchards of this company will be adj: si ie - to the Mobile Farm Land town site of Dav jee | near to the City of Mobile, already a city 75,000 people, counting its legitimate resid area, and affording every facility for comm professional and other business, education a The Mobile Plan ‘beds of the Mississippi Sound and every outing feature which can appeal to the sportsman. The county of Mobile has now in hand a spe- cial fund of $500,000 to be expended in extending its magnificent hard roads which have made this section famous. ‘t The chief of these highways will pass directly - through the company’s lands, connecting the pub- lic highways of Mississippi with those of Mo- bile. This improvement will furnish to our prop- erties a system of automobile highways of ines- __ timable value from every point of view. The orchards will be so laid out as to front a -60-ft. Boulevard which will be amply shaded at oa sides by the trees within each grove. Near the orchard preserve will pass our 4 73 farm land branch of the Mobile and Ohio Rail- sel, epeysg se suBdeg Page thirty-seven | The Mobile Plan soil. According to government experts, this is the most ideal soil for pecan and citrus culture, and for all manner of staple crops, such as cab- bage, potatoes, oats, corn, melons, figs, peaches, small fruits and garden truck. The rainfall averages about 56 inches the year, distributed so evenly that this section has no dry season. Temperature seldom gets below freezing and rarely rises above 90. Our experience and that of hundreds of settlers from the far north, is that this temperature, modified as it always is by the strong gulf breezes, is not anything like as trying as temperature 10 degrees lower in the north, while the mild air from the Gulf Streams assures winter conditions most ideal. Unlike all the coast lands where elevation and drainage are not satisfactory this land is free from insect pests. A plentiful soft water supply is found at a uni- form depth of about 40 feet, and analysis shows this water to rival in purity the famous Wauke- sha and Poland Springs waters. This region has been lately the subject of the strongest commendation for its possibilities in poultry raising. Scores of poultry farms have been moved to this section, where an all year _ around green feeding season assures ideal condi- ihe <” . 'Ot.2 “ i. . 5 /. + - tions, not only for raising and sabies but for egg production. The proximity of these lands to the great city of Mobile and to its famous Spring Hill College— only 7 miles ‘away—should be carefully consid- ered by every purchaser with family responsi- bilities. The health of this plateau is a matter of medical record for a hundred years, attested by this college, which has never lost a student from malarial diseases. Not only will these groves be extremely valu- — able on account of their income, but within five — years the advance of the city suburbs to the west _ ever this high plateau will enhance their value tenfold. Be 2 the purchaser’s orchard which see desired will build him any sort of a home, and under to have it cared for in the absence of the own ar. produce with less labor and greater certainty the necessities of life and most of its lux that its conditions for health, comfort and | Ane the i investor require when he ia as san < Page thirty-nine The Mobile Plan _ for the safety of his investment the absolute trust- worthiness of an association of the leading citi- zens of that city who are to undertake to plant, develop and care for his investment, and who es- teem the investor’s visits or sojourn at his or- _. chard one of the chief advantages to Mobile, « growing out of the orange and pecan grove under- % taking. 3 | Cost and Contract. The company will develop any tract or tracts of land purchased, plant as described herein with three-year-old Pecan and one-year-old Satsuma ‘orange trees, and for a period of five years from ‘he date of purchase pay all taxes, keep up all _ necessary improvements, replacing all trees that may die or be destroyed, fertilize, cultivate and _ give proper care to all such purchased tracts in Be “ed ao holdings were very large. The 1 all times a highly perfect- art) The Mobile Plan Page forty ed and competent organization for the develop- ment of its own property, and for this reason it can develop orchards for others in connection — therewith at a cost far below that for which an individual could ever do it, or have it done. ES A revenue producing estate, the first two crops r for which will more than reimburse him in fu ‘ ing as it does a period of five years. It cially provides for two serious contin: which are of deep concern to every purcl financial embarrassment and death. Th pany agrees with the purchaser in case o to carry out its part of the contract in « tail. If so desired by the heirs all fu * any event the ine will be the heirs or assigns at the end of In Mobile The Mobile Plan Page forty-two after two years the purchaser finds himself finan- — cially unable to carry out his part of the con- tract, to return to him at a stipulated rate all — moneys which he has paid on his contract. fe The company agrees that the purchaser may © live upon the property during the five year pe- ¥ riod of development if he desires, but must in no | way interfere with the cultivation of the trees. Z 2 The company further agrees that after the fi e year period should the purchaser not desire maintain a continuous residence on the pro erty, to act as his resident agent for either -percentage of the crops or a cash considerat aring for the property in a first class man parka harvesting and eerie ae cr would in any sense of the word be consid 1 desirable. This is a feature that is i 1p 7 % Page forty-three The Mobile Plan CONCLUSION. ¢ 5 This short sketch has been confined to a branch of horticulture—Pecans and Satsuma oranges—essentially a gentleman’s occupation. z After the first five years the labor is light. Fa There is no mad rush of work in this industry at any season of the year. The harvest season is never hurried on account of weather or market conditions. The pecans when ripe fall off the tree to be gathered at leisure and can be mar- keted when convenient. It is not necessary to _ gather the Satsuma orange when ripened. It can _ be allowed to hang on the trees for months, to be _ picked and shipped at the convenience of the owner. There is always a market for both the _ pecans and oranges, and the freight rates are always low. There is little expense attached in the shipment of these crops, as no refrigeration $ necessary for either. Pecans can be shovelled a box car like grain and the oranges can be It must be appreciated that this is an im- e pring over ordinary fruit. If you will : ! will become the owner of a five or ten t, and a * tee will recommend the in- The Mobile Plan Page forty-four TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL AT MOBILE. The following figures are taken from reports made by the United States Government: Average ‘Temperature for Past 15 Years. January 66600 A ie 51.0 Pebcuaty: .:.4 227. jae ee oo a DRAG, aie etry te ome ee ee +o 61.4 Peper 555 nosis eh oh 0 sw oe 66.9 May 5 epee eS dae oe wt ho ee 74.4 JUNE os 5 Go ce Se ees 9 ee + 79.8 Pele 0 SA oS Sie eee ee et 80.8 AUBUSE