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  • From: Michael Nave <jmichaelnave@yahoo.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Best Pecan Cultivars for USDA Zone 9, Sunset Zone 20
  • Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:21:22 -0700 (PDT)

Pawnee is widely available in California nurseries.

--- MARIE ASHTON <bwoodtx@verizon.net> wrote:

> There are eastern and western pecan varieties. The
> eastern pecan varieties
> are resistant to leaf diseases and can be grown in
> more humid areas. The
> western varieties have problems with leaf diseases
> and should not be grown
> in the east but are better suited for drier areas.
>
> The pecan breeding program here at the USDA
> germplasm collection in
> Brownwood, Texas has developed a number of pecan
> varieties over the years.
> Two outstanding western varieties that should do
> well in Pasadena are Pawnee
> (early ripening) and Podsednik (the largest pecan
> known.) You can get these
> by mail order from Womack Nursery in DeLeon, Texas
> 254-893-6497. They have
> worked with the USDA on pecan breeding and could
> answer any questions you
> have.
>
> Regards,
> Richard Ashton
> Oak Creek Orchard
> www.oakcreekorchard.com
> bwoodtx@verizon.net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lucky Pittman"
> <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers"
> <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 9:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Best Pecan Cultivars for USDA
> Zone 9, Sunset Zone 20
>
>
> > Megan,
> > I sure can't make a cultivar recommendation for
> your area - Topgun
> > may be able to - but your best bet may be to
> contact someone at the
> > UC Davis Fruit & Nut Research Center (
> > http://fruitsandnuts.ucdavis.edu/ ) for
> recommendations.
> > I don't know what pecan pathogens/pests may be
> prevalent in your part
> > of the country, but here in the east, pecan scab
> is one of the most
> > important, and home or low-input plantings really
> need scab-resistant
> > varieties. So...be sure to inquire about
> varieties that will produce
> > reliably for a homeowner - it doesn't matter if a
> variety is the very
> > tastiest if it's going to require a spray regimen
> that a homeowner is
> > not going to be able to accomplish.
> > Pecans are monoecious, but your mom will need at
> least two different
> > pecan varieties with compatible
> pollen-shed/nutlet-receptivity
> > patterns in order to get good nut crops set.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 09:15 PM 7/24/2007, you wrote:
> >>Hi there,
> >>
> >>When my parents helped me buy a home in Berkeley,
> my mom showed a lot
> >>of interest in the two pecan trees in the back
> yard. Because they
> >>never successfully set fruit, I got rid of them so
> I could plant
> >>stuff that *would* set fruit. Recently I
> mentioned to her that
> >>shoots are coming up from the
> not-completely-removed stumps and she
> >>said "I wonder if I can transport them down here
> and plant them". I
> >>explained that most commercial fruit and nut trees
> have different
> >>rootstock than tops.
> >>
> >>It really surprised me that she was suddenly
> interested enough to
> >>think of planting such a thing. I've encouraged
> her for a long time
> >>to no avail. Since nuts are not my concentration,
> I'm unaware of the
> >>tastiest cultivars that might flourish in South
> Pasadena, CA. Do you
> >>folks have suggestions of what I can recommend to
> her? Are there
> >>pecans that are self-fertile or are they all
> dioecious?
> >>
> >>Megan Lynch
> >>
> >>Berkeley, CA
> >>
> >>USDA Zone 9b
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> > Lucky Pittman
> > USDA Cold Zone 6
> > AHS Heat Zone 7
> > Hopkinsville, KY
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