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In a message dated 6/4/2006 2:04:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, goatdoc@ctitech.com writes:

> At a scion swap in southern Illinois, I  received some pecan scions marked USDA 64-6-50, does anyone know parentage and properties as compared to Pawnee?
>  Keith zone 5b


Hello Keith,

Thanks to Wes Rice and Bill Reid I have an answer you. 

First the number is incorrect. It should be 64-6-502. Bill grafted it for Ralph Voss about 10 years ago. 

The tree is a cross of Mahan and Major. Forrest Keeling Nursery is selling it also. 

Wes Rice writes: I have 3 or 4 trees of 64-6-502 and they perform pretty well. The nut is about the size of Pawnee. Cold tolerance is only marginal, however. Hope this helps.

Jerry