Described from specimens received from Mr. Theo. Bechtel, Ocean Springs, Miss.
Atlanta. Size medium, 1-7/8 x 7/8 x 11/16 inches; ovate, compressed; color dull gray liberally specked with small, dark dots, splashed with purplish markings from middle to apex; base sloping, blunt-pointed; apex sloping, short-pointed; shell brittle, moderately thin; partitions rather thick, corky; cracking quality quite good; kernel full, plump, sutures narrow of medium depth, secondary sutures lacking; color light yellowish-brown, bright; texture solid, compact; flavor sweet, good; quality very good.
Originated by G. M. Bacon, DeWitt, Ga., and first catalogued about 1900.
Bacon. (Syn.: Bacon's Choice.) Size small, 1-1/4 x 7/8 inches; rounded, compressed toward the apex; color dull brownish-gray, thickly dotted with dark specks, liberally splashed with purplish-brown markings toward the apex; base rounded; apex abruptly blunt-pointed; shell thin, .85 mm.; cracking quality excellent; partitions thin, papery; kernel roundish, bright, light brownish-yellow, plump, full, smooth, sutures broad, of medium depth; flavor sweet, nutty, good; quality very good.
A small pecan of good quality, originated by G. M. Bacon, DeWitt, Ga., and introduced by him in 1900.
Fig. 2. Money-maker, Post, San Saba, Half Kernel of Bacon
Bartow. Medium size, thin shell and fine flavor. (Bacon's Cat., page 29, 1904.)
Beauty. Illustrated in "The Pecan and How to Grow It." (Stuart Pecan Co., 1893, p. 59, fig. 5.)