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

Hicans have a reputation of being 'shy bearers'. 
I have several varieties in my collection - vigorous growers (on northern
pecan understock) - but still young enough that I can't really comment,
first-hand, on productivity.  A couple that I grafted back around 1998 have
been producing small crops for 2-3 years - but three which I purchased as
grafted trees, planted in 1996, have yet to show any indication that they're
ready to bloom or produce nuts. 


Lucky Pittman
Hopkinsville, KY

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[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Martha Davis
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2013 1:18 PM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [nafex] Are Hicans edible?

I suspect Hicans are rather like black walnuts.  There is variation in
extraction rate. Selection is currently taking place for ones that crack out
with free haves or quarters.  You should check out named varieties.
 The best resource is probably the Northern Nut Growers Association.

Martha Davis


Hey Folks,
> thinking about what nuts I can grow. Anyone have much experience with 
> Hicans? To what extent are the edible? Lots of things get called 
> edible that aren't  really in a practical sense. Wild hickories fit 
> this latter category. The nuts are very tasty, but the extraction rate 
> is pitiful as the nuts are wooden. The only practical way I have heard 
> of eating them is to crush the nuts and boil them, and skim the oily
residue.
> Can hicans be cracked and eaten, like pecans (walnuts, etc), or are 
> they more like hickories?
>
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