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[Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net>]

Thank you Dr O'Barr,  that is reassuring. Probability is on my side as 
well; my mature nut bearing pecans are planted 40 feet apart whereas the 
endemic hickories are at least 80 feet away from the pecans.

On 9/7/2013 11:13 AM, topgun@otelco.net wrote:
> Crosses do not seem to occur that often. I suspect that they are all pecan
> as seedling leaf size and shape do vary quite a bit.
>
> R. D. O'Barr
> Prof/Hort/Ret
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elizabeth Hilborn
> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 9:30 AM
> To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio
> Subject: [nafex] Is my pecan seedling a hican?
>
>
> I planted pecans from my trees and many germinated and are growing up
> quite well, but the leaf shape varies among seedlings. For example, some
> leaflets are wider than others.  I have wild pignut and mockernut pecans
> in my area. How do I determine if I have pecan or hican seedlings? Can I
> determine this by phenotype (at this point that means leaf shape) alone?
>
> Betsy Hilborn
> 7a NC
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