PECAN Trivia and Facts
There are 65 people in the U.S. listed on whitepages.com with the last name 'Pecan'
(Mark Morton, 'Gastronomica', Fall 2010)
he Pecan (Carya illinoinensis) is a kind of hickory, generally considered to be the best-tasting of the hickories, and the most significant of the hickories as a nut crop. Texas and Georgia are the largest producers of commercial pecans in the United States. The pecan is a major agricultural tree, but not top ranked as an ornamental. Pecans are difficult to transplant, and they cannot be counted on to produce good crops of nuts when used as landscape trees.
Pecans are native to the Mississippi valley area of the U.S.
The state nut of Alabama is the Pecan (1982).
The state tree of Texas is the pecan tree.
The U.S. produces roughly 90% of the world's pecans, with an annual production of about 200 million pounds.
Pecan trees produce 25 to 45 pounds per tree in alternate years. They are an alternate-bearing tree, producing nuts every 2nd year. Researchers are working on developing a tree that will produce a large crop annually.
Georgia is the largest producer of pecans in the U.S.
The world's largest pecan nursery is in Lumberton, Mississippi.
Okmulgee, Oklahoma, holds the world's record for largest pecan pie, pecan cookie, and pecan brownie. The town holds an annual Pecan Festival each June.
Astronauts took pecans to the moon in two Apollo space missions. Pecan wood is used in agricultural implements, baseball bats, hammer handles, furniture, wall paneling, flooring, religious carvings, and firewood.
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