My granny said the white wash was made of a lime mixture; it discouraged insects and bugs -- to keep them from the fruit in the (pecan) trees. Lime is also a kind of fertilizer so it didn't hurt the trunks, and did make the area look cleaner and 'prettier' (?) . Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Shores" <seeshores@earthlink.net> To: <fljackso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 7:49 PM Subject: [FLJACKSO] White Tree Trunks > I've seen old photographs of home sites where the trunks of the trees are > painted white up to about head high. Does anyone know why? > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >