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For Profit and Pleasure
Plant Indiana grown Hardy Northern Pecan Trees. For quality, thinness of shell
and prolific bearing are unexcelled.
PLANT BUDDED AND GRAFTED TREES ONLY
Introduced and Grown by
VINCENNES NURSERIES, W. C. REED, Prop., Vincents, Ia4.
Will mail copy of Special Nut Catalogue upon request.
BUDDED TREES BEAR YOUNG
The above cut was made from photograph taken June 15, 1914, of Budded Busseron
Pecan Tree in Nursery row. Age of tree 14 months from bud bearing 16 well developed
nuts. Twenty- five per cent or more of the budded trees in nursery coming 2 year old
set Catkins the past spring.
ORIGINAL TREES PROLIFIC
The original trees of Varieties offered in our Nut Catalogue from which we procure
Propogating Wood have borne from 100 to 300 lbs. the past season.
Capital Printers
Vincennes, Ind.
COMMENTS AND TESTIMONIALS
Law Office of
Z. F. Yost. Pontiac, 111., Dec. 9th, 1914.
My Dear Sir:-1- v .%(■ /!'g' ‘V-A "I
The Budded Pecan trees you delivered to me at my place in northern
WEST VIRGINIA last spring all did fine and made a vigorous; growth. In
cutting them back, I procured some Scion wood which I grafted on native
hickory and these took the Pecan Nuts you presented. I sprouted in hot
bed and transplanted to nursery row and they grew'. Now I want for next
spring at same place, more Pecan trees of same Hardy Varieties.
Yours Very Truly, " Z. F. YOST.
University of Toronto.
Toronto, Canada, Dec. 5th, 1913.
Dear Mr. Reed: — -
Yesterday I planted your trees (9 Budded Pecans) and I never re-
ceived a package of trees from any nursery so well packed. The size of
the tree and the grafting was even better than I expected for the price.
Respectfully yours, PROF. G. H. CORSAN.
The above shipment referred to did not arrive until December 3d,
having been lost by the Express company and was fourteen days on the
road, having been opened and fumigated at the Custom House at the bor-
der and were rather dry when received. The following letter will show
that Pecans are not hard to transplant if given attention and properly
planted.
October 22d, 1914.
Dear Mr. Reed: —
I have sent back my order with
Hardy Pecans) I got last fall, 1913.
largest tree of all. The fumigators
Respectfully yours,
corrections of the six varieties (of
The Indiana alone died. It was the
evidently killed it.
G. H. CORSAN.
Extract from letter October 28, 1914.
I note that the Pecans like our Summers and Winters better than
the English Walnuts. Now, had l a large Pecan tree I am absolutely cer-
tain that the Nuts would have thoroughly matured here this season.
Yours, G. H. CORSAN.
v s The Battle Creek Sanitarium.
Superintendent’s Office. Battle Creek, Mich., April L5, 1914;
J. H. Kellogg, M. D.
Gentlemen: — - 1-:'- 'u AA y' * '"A';i;' ;"'rA' -y i ; •
I have your letter enclosing bill for one1 dozen Pecan trees (Budded
Northern Varieties). The trees have also arrived in good shape. I am"
very much interested in Nut culture. I have passed your bill along to our
business department and asked them to send you a check.
Very Truly Yours, J. H. KELLOGG.
616 Madison Avenue, New York. October 13th, 1913. ;
My Dear Sir: —
Your attractive catalogue came some time ago and I have already ad-
vised several people to correspond with you. There is to be a large and
growing field for a responsible concern which will make a specialty of Nut
trees, and who can advise people properly.
Yours Very Truly, ROBERT T. MORRIS, M. D.
New York, October 23d, 1913.
My Dear Sir: —
Answering your letter of the 20th, my order for two Grafted Pecan
trees of each variety is not to be cancelled. In fact, you may put down a
permanent order for two trees of any new kind you may graft in the
future. Yours truly,
ROBERT T. MORRIS, M. D.
Note — Dr. Morris is perhaps the best posted authority in America on
Edible Nuts. Was one of the organizers of the Northern Nut Growers’ As-
sociation and its first president. His country home is located at Stam-
ford, Conn., where his trees are planted. W. C. R.
Thomas P. Littlepage.
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
Union Trust Building.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 1st, 1914.
Dear Mr. Reed: —
I forgot to tell you in my last letter that I received the bundle of
trees which you sent. They came in perfect condition and looked just as
well as if they had just come out of the ground. The roots were damp
and well protected. I never saw trees packed better for long distance
shipment. Yours Very Truly,
T. P. LITTLEPAGE.
Note — Mr. Littlepage bought the first Budded Pecan Trees we ever >
sold of the Hardy Northern Varieties several years ago. He is one of the j
pioneers in Nut Culture in the North. President of the : Northern , Nut ■
Growers’ Association 1913-14.
Experiment Station's Endorsement.
The Pennsylvania State College.
School of Agriculture and Experiment Station.
Department of Horticulture.
State College, Pa.
February 24th, 1914.
Mr. W. C. Reed,
Dear Sir: —
In our course in Nut Culture this semester, we could make use of
your 1914 Nut Catalogue. Will you be kind enough to send us fifty-five
copies for use in the class room?
Thanking you in advance, I am Very Truly Yours,
F. N. FAGAN.
Purdue University.
Agriculture Experiment Station.
Lafayette, Ind., Oct. 23, 1913.
Dear Sir: —
We will consider it a favor to have ten copies of your Nut Catalogue
to use in our laboratory exercises in pomology.
Yours Very Truly, J. G. BOYLE,
Assistant Professor in Horticulture.
Division of Horticulture.
Oregon Agricultural College and Experiment Station.
Corvallis, Ore., Dec. 22, 1913.
Dear Sir: — •
Your letter of the 15th has just been received. I am turning in a
requisition to the business office for one or two trees of each of the varie-
ties of Nuts that you give quotations on in this letter and you will receive
an order from that office within a few days. I shall be glad to have you
send me your Catalogue another year, listing the New Varieties of Walnuts
and Peaeans that you will be propogating at that time.
Yours Very Truly, V. R. GARDNER.
Note: — We have also filled orders for Nut Trees from
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture (shipped to four
State Test Farms.)
Kentucky Agriculture Experiment Station.
Deleware College Agriculture and Experiment Station.
Cornell University, Ithica, N. Y.
Ohio Experiment Station.
And a number of other Colleges and Experiment Stations.