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["Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu" <Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu>]

Hans recommended Ernie Grimo and John Gordon's nurseries as good sources of 
grafted pecan - and they are good; 
but...I don't know that I'd recommend any of the northern pecan varieties 
that they're growing for someone in in 
the TyTy area (south GA).  Folks who can grow Southern pecans and have them 
fill adequately will probably not be 
impressed with the small to tiny nuts those of us in more northerly climes 
must settle for - though many of the 
northern/midwestern varieties I've had occasion to sample have better 
flavor/higher oil content than the old 
Stuart and Mahan varieties I grew up eating as a kid in LA(Lower Alabama).

The original poster in this thread(sorry, I've already deleted it, so I don't 
recall who started it.) would do 
well to look at this extension bulletin on varieties recommended for home and 
low-input pecan plantings:
http://www.aces.edu/timelyinfo/Horticulture/2002/January/RecHomeLow.pdf

Potential suppliers of good scab-resistant pecans for folks in the eastern 
portion of the Southern pecan belt:
Underwood Pecan Nursery, Foley, AL; (334) 943-8056
Dellwood Pecan Tree Nursery, Foley, AL; (334) 943-8693
Clint Mayo, Grand Bay, AL (334) 865-4126

Lucky