I grew up on a farm in rural McClure, Illinois, and we always had pecans on our trees at home. Many years ago my parents had two pecan trees grafted to grow large paper shell pecans. Many old-timers ...

Growing up in rural McClure, Ill., we always had pecans on our trees at home. Many years ago my parents had two pecan trees grafted to grow large paper shell pecans. Many old-timers say you will ...

When it comes to popular seasonal foods grown in Oklahoma, nothing is as apple pie as pecans. Though pecan production in Georgia and New Mexico will far exceed Oklahoma’s this year, the nuts aren’t ...

Millican Pecan Company‘s roots go deep in the history of the state nut of Texas. The San Saba orchard and the modern pecan industry were started by E.E. Risien in 1888 when he popularized the ...

Carya is a North American genus of tree first recognized by English naturalist Thomas Nuttall in his work “The Genera of North American Plants” (1818). The ancient Greek meaning of Carya, is “nut.” ...