Monday, December 12, 2011
End Days Rogue pecan collectors on the loose in Old Fourth Ward
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 8:42 AM
Be on the lookout! Old Fourth Ward neighbors say a quirky breed of forager — the dreaded pecan collector — has emerged in the vibrant neighborhood.
One resident last week called the police after he or she noticed a stranger throwing branches into a pecan tree in the yard of his neighbor. From to an email to the O4W message board:
[My neighbor] wasn't home and he was going as far as to throw large branches up into the tree to knock down more pecans. When the cop asked him if he had permission he said that it didn't really matter because if they weren't home no one would know he had ever even been there. The cop had to explain over and over again the notion of trespassing.Just beware. The man didn't seem dangerous, but he was explaining that there is an active market for pecans at the moment, and he seemed like he will try it again if you have an easily accessible pecan tree.
Other neighbors reported similar incidents involving completely different people. Pecanne Log, Atlanta's foremost expert on the nuts — or are they drupes? — could not be reached for comment to explain why pecans have become the new gold.
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As long as the Pecan burglars pronounce it "p'cahn" and not the Yankee-preferred "pee-can" (*shudder*), the crime is small.
Rather than a hail of falling pecans, I think the residents of the O4W had more important things to worry about this last week with the disturbing hail of bullets:
http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/16303265/t…
A new day has dawned for the South's pecan growers - and it's called Chinese perception. China has taken a huge shine to the pecan, and think it's good for your health, etc. So the price per pound has skyrocketed, which is good for our growers.
So boy-o is right; at twice the price per pound or more than a few years ago, and it's a good year (pecans produce on a 3-yr cycle), time to make hay whilst the sun thinks about shining.
Besides many of the old city trees are varieties you don't get anymore - they may be small and thick shelled, but they're much tastier and make killer pies.
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