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- From: Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
- To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] hardiness zone, heat zone, location
- Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:53:17 -0500
At 01:40 PM 6/2/2005, Keith wrote:
I'm in zone 5 on maps but Pawnee matured here two years ago and I think it was developed in Texas.Keith,
Most of the USDA-bred pecan selections, the majority of which are named after native American tribes, were bred & developed at the USDA Pecan Breeding & Genetics facility in TX. Pawnee, and its full sibling, Creek, are the result of crossing Mohawk with Starking Hardy Giant(which originated on George James' place near Brunswick, MO).
Even though it was bred in TX, it's a good, big pecan with a quality kernel, for this part of the country, though it may be like its Mahan grandparent in that it may not fill well as it gets some age on it.
If you've not seen it before, here's the website - lots of good info, including descriptions and nut photos of many of the good named pecan varieties, including some of the northern/midwestern and far northern selections.
http://extension-horticulture.tamu.edu/carya/
USDA Cold Zone 6
AHS Heat Zone 7
Hopkinsville, KY
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[NAFEX] hardiness zone, heat zone, location,
R. Keith Etheridge, 06/02/2005
- Re: [NAFEX] hardiness zone, heat zone, location, Lucky Pittman, 06/02/2005
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