The Georgia pecan industry is expanding tremendously, with growers planting as many additional trees as they can. Three dollars a pound for the fruit will do that... In fact, there is now a tremendous ...

After about 15 years experimenting, I believe we can grow edible pecans in South Central Pennsylvania. What has that to do with growing citrus in New Zealand? I believe there is an analogy to be found ...

Information about the pecan (carya illinoinensis), a quintessential southern staple, is as varied as the multiple options for its pronunciation. The pecan has something in common with the persimmon, ...

Avalanche-Journal reader B.T. of Lubbock asks about volunteer pecan trees that come from local squirrel activity. His question: If a seedling is dug up but not the pecan nut with it, can another tree ...

Before the turn of the century, Dr. S.J. Summers, a family physician in the Cameron community, brought from Mississippi the first pecan seedlings to be planted in South Carolina on a commercial scale.

Everybody in Texas loves pecans. It’s a law, I think. After all, it is our state tree. Don’t ask me what nut gave it a botanical name honoring Illinois, because I don’t know. It should have been named ...

Texas Sen. Craig Estes (R-Wichita Falls) donated a Bahia pecan seedling to the city of Wichita Falls. Estes said the seedling was given to him by the forestry research staff at Texas A&M University.

Brothers Bill and David Summers of Golden Kernel Pecan Co. in Cameron were recognized this year for their contributions to the National Pecan Shellers Association and the pecan industry. Their story ...