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FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA "3
J. B. Wight, of Cairo, Georgia, whose famous "Frotscher" tree,
a mere slip when he planted it in 1892, is now sixty-six feet high,
73 inches in circumference, has a spread of 85 feet, and for the
last five years has yielded an average annual income of over
$100.00 a year. A large percentage of the groves in the Albany
district have been planted in the last ten years and many of them
therefore are just beginning to produce.
The pecan is a commercial wonder. The paper-shell nuts which
is the principal variety planted about Albany, bring from 25
cents to 75 cents a pound, although the largest thin-shelled nuts
bring as high as $1.00 and $1.25 a pound. The demand for
pecans is well ahead of the supply, and is rapidly increasing as
the public comes to understand their high nutritive value, and
sense their delicate flavor. In a recent letter to William T. Bul-
lard, of Albany, another extensive pecan grower, and Secretary
of the National Nut Growers' Association, Dr. J. H. Kellogg, of
the Battle Creek Sanitarium, the recognized authority on dietetic
subjects, says:
"I regard the pecan as one of the very finest of nature's choice
products. A pound of pecans contains more nourishment than
any other known food. A pound of pecans contains as much
protein as half a pound of meat, as much fat as three-fourths of
"FROTSCHER" PECAN GROVE, NEAR CAIRO, GRADY COUNTY