Growing up in rural McClure, Ill., we always had pecans on our trees at home. Many years ago my parents had two pecan trees grafted to grow large paper shell pecans. Many old-timers say you will ...

If you’ve recently purchased a fruit or nut tree — or if you already have one in your home landscape — take a close look at the trunk near the soil surface. You might see a faint scar where two ...

I grew up on a farm in rural McClure, Illinois, and we always had pecans on our trees at home. Many years ago my parents had two pecan trees grafted to grow large paper shell pecans. Many old-timers ...

Pecans are truly a U.S. of A. product. They were grown and eaten by American Indians in the Mississippi Valley long before European settlers decided to stick pecans in a pie. Indians used pecans and ...

One of fall’s greatest pleasures is the ripening of the new crop of pecans. You can find many roadside stands offering this native American nut beginning in east Texas, on through the Gulf states, ...

Millican Pecan Company‘s roots go deep in the history of the state nut of Texas. The San Saba orchard and the modern pecan industry were started by E.E. Risien in 1888 when he popularized the ...

LUTHER, Oklahoma -- Despite the extreme heat and subsequent drought of the summer, one Oklahoma farmer is preparing for a bountiful harvest. “The heat and drought was hard on everything, trees, ...