
Mississippi Giant Papershell Pecans 
4 pis Mississippi Giant pecan is no doubt the largest papershell pecan in the 
world. F. A. Mahan, of Monticello, Florida, is said to have paid $5,000.00 for 
the parent tree at Kosciusko, Miss. The trees are sold under many different names, 
such as Mississippi Giant, Florida Giant, Mehan, Mayhan, Mayhand, Mahan, etc. In 
many sections it is doing as well as any of the other varieties, and because of the 
size of the nuts, and their paper-thin shells, this variety brings a premium on the 
retail markets. This new variety is very rapid-growing, with large and beautiful 
green foliage. The shell of the pecan is thin, easily crushed in one’s hands, and the 
meat is large, easily extracted whole, with a fine rich nutty flavor that is very 
distinctive. It is one of the earliest and heaviest producers of all the pecan varities. 
Under other names it is often sold for many times our price by other nurseries. 
Why We Sell Only Two Varieties of Pecans 
The two varieties of pecan trees which we now offer are, to our mind and 
experience, the very finest pecan trees. They are the ones which grow off best, bear 
earliest and heaviest, and produce the finest pecans. There are any number of other 
varieties which we grow here in our 2,000 acres of orchards, such as Success, Schley, 
Lewis, Nelson, Pabst, Moneymaker, Frotscher’s Eggshell, Bass Papershell, Van 
Deman, Natchez, Delmas, Forkett, Dependable, Davis, Hale, Burkett, Big Z, Hollis, 
President, Squirrel’s Delight, Climax, Longfellow, Texas Prolific, Oliver, Russell, 
Kincade, and some as yet unnamed. But of them all, after extensive tests, we feel 
that we offer the two finest varieties of all, and the ones you will want to grow. Read 
testimonials on page 23 to see how the Stuart and Mississippi Giant varieties are 
regarded by our customers. 
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