Pecan Blog

Well into September and pecans have started to be harvested. In the Pecan Blog news the sad story I hear is Georgia's crop was damaged from the hurricane and another one on its way there. Lets all pray for them. Maybe this year the shellers will need all they can get into the cold storage and price will be good. Here on the Pecan Blog is a Meyers Jr. Sheller for someone that would want a could deal. The price is right at $2,400.00 for the pecan sheller. Other news at the pecan blog is that Pape Pecan Company is opening there store on the internet to buy pecans. There is a lot of competion out here but customers keep asking to be able to buy pecans over the internet. The flip side to this idea is not only to sell pecans we want to buy pecans also. So before you market your pecan crop go to our website www.papepecan.com and get the toll free number and call to find out how much your pecans are worth. One subject I would like to cover or would love to have someones help with us is pecan grades. To post the quality of different grades to identify the pecan. More news is that Guadalupe Pecan Growers are having there meeting on Sept. 22nd at the old Agriculture building at 2:00 pm. Hope we see everyone and it always good to meet new pecan growers or anyone interested in pecan culture. Lend a hand and post your views, news or message to the blog. John Pape 

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• #1 Comment from mrpetskiEntry Author 
  10/26/04 8:53 AM | Permalink

  The pecans are coming in and now people are needing nut crackers. The most popular pecan cracker are the Meyers Pecan Cracker  it is perfect for the mom and pop stores as well as for commercial nut cracking. For more capacity just add more machines. Meyers nut crackers are still in production with parts available. Champion Nut Crackers are still a old favorite and can be set up also to crack nuts of different sizes. Pecan nut cracking has been done since the 50's with these machines and still there are hundreds still in operation. There are several other types of nut crackers on the market that are still used but antique, Jim Dandy and then theres the Southern Double Nut Cracker. All these machines are automatic electric pecan nut crackers. The Nut Crackers that have really changed the pecan industry are the Quantz Nut Cracker and then the latest Savage Equipment Silverline pecan cracker. These two operate with air and crack 13 times faster than electric mechanical pecan crackers. For home use there are dozens of different nut crackers that operate by hand or electric, one nut at a time like the Kenetic. For more info visit our web site http://www.papepecan.com or call our store to see whats available, (888) 688-7273 John Pape