9 “OR several years now, we have been hoping that “next 
year” we would be able to offer a more complete line of 
nursery stock, that our labor situation would improve to the 
point that we could make immediate shipment of orders as they 
arrived. In those terms, “next year’’ still seems far distant. 
We have less labor than we have ever had, although most of our 
skilled key men are still with us. As hard as we have tried to 
mcrease our production, our supply of many items has decreased. 
ky alwa IS Hf A t Our efforts toward propagation have, of necessity, been con- 
ly, Z fined to those items which, because of special knowledge, skill, 
or climatic conditions, we were especially fitted to grow. These 
include pecan trees, fruit trees, azaleas, and camellias. We are 
hoping to be back in quantity rose production by the 1947-8 
season. As long as the labor supply is limited, we shall con- 
0) centrate on these, rather than try to produce a long list of plant 
material. 
Even though most varieties of pecan trees are already sold 
out, we are leaving the description of varieties in the catalog, 
to help you make your selections for later years. 
This is our sixtieth anniversary. For 60 years we have been 
supplying the South with the very best nursery stock obtamable. 
For 60 years we have been trying to supply that quality nursery 
stock at a reasonable price. The best nursery stock is the cheap- 
est. It is our hope that we may serve you for the next 60 years 
with the same high quality, the same reasonably priced mer- 
chandise, that you have come to expect from Wight’s. 
WIGHT'S NURSERIES Sincerely yours, 
Nurserymen Since 1887 
CAIRO e GEORGIA Cairo, Ga., Nov. 1, 1946. 

