FROTSCHER PECAN TREE FIFTEEN YEARS OLD. SEE DESCRIPTION BELOW. 
Photographed in early Spring. 
The above cut is that of a budded Frotscher Pecan which stand.s on 
my home lot in Cairo, and which lias been seen and admired by many. 
The tree was purchased from Mr. William Nelson, New Orleans, in 
January, 1893. It was about three feet high when set, and cost $2.00. 
The first column gives the circumference in inches, three feet from the 
ground, of the tree at the end of the year indicated. The second col- 
umn gives the weight of nuts in pounds produced each year. No meas- 
urement was made of the tree until December, 1894. 
CIRCUMFERENCE NUTS IN POUNDS 
1894 ■ . '• . . 8V4 inches 
1895 • ■ 12V4 Inches 
1896 141/i inches . 1 nut 
1897 .20 inches 7 lbs. 
1898 25 inches lO'.-i lbs. 
1899 29M inches ISVi lbs. 
1900 S3'/i inches 27 lbs. 
1901 37Vi inches ■ 16 lbs. 
1902 40Vi inches .45 lbs. 
1903 44 inches 80 lbs. 
1904 inches 121 lbs. 
1906 50 inches 131 lbs. 
1906 53 inches 96 lbs. 
1907 56 inches 30 lbs. 
The 1908 crop promises to be 200 to 250 lbs. 
Since it began bearing, this tree has been severely cut for budding 
wood ; and hence its bearing has to some extent been retarded. The 
greater part of the nuts were sold to Mr. R. Thomas, of Thomasville, 
at 50 cents a pound, who retailed them at 75 cents per pound. 
Those desiring a brief treatise on pecans are referred to my pam- 
phlet on 
Pecans: The What, When, How of Growing Them, which is 
free for the asking. 
Address all orders and communications to 
J. B. WIGHT, Cairo, Ga. 
