This Sig Byrd column originally appeared in the Houston Chronicle on Oct. 29, 1957. Lots of readers with aching backs and arthritic knees have been writing and telephoning to know where they can buy ...

Pecan producers are benefiting from high prices and an abundant harvest, and so is anyone with a paper sack and a pecan tree. "That hand-picked price in Oklahoma is 80 cents to $1 per pound," said ...

Remember last week when winter barged in? Freezing temperatures at dawn. An icy 25 mph wind. Those foul conditions signaled the start of a season, pecan picking season. Or make that pecan picking-up ...