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I Dedicate this Page to My Dad Earl R Blanton Born in Alto, Texas
then Moved to Victoria,
Texas at the age of 20 during the Oil Boom in the 30s where
He meet My Mom Frieda L Mueller. If Heaven Has Computers We Love Y'all.
My Dad Loved His Pecan Trees and My Mom Loved to BBQ with Mesquite Wood.
Texas Pecan Tree
Carya Illinoesis
The pecan tree is commonly found in the Texas region of North America. However, pecans
can also be found from Ohio
southward. It is a deciduous tree having leaf compounds that
are 12 to 20 inches long. Each compound has 9 to 17 leaflets
measuring from 3 to 8 inches
long. In addition the pecan bares a nut called the pecan that has a brownish-black coat
with
an edible inside. The pecan can reach a height of over 100 feet tall and can grow to
a thickness of nearly four feet in
diameter. It has a life expectancy of over 300 years.
Pecans thrive in soil that is damp and wet. It prefers a climate that
is misty and watery.
The pecan is the fastest growing of the Hickories. The pecans fruit has been a favorite on
Native
Americans for many years. It is also a special resource since it provides air,
shade, a nut, and wood. The pecan can
fall victim to webworms, twig girdlers, scale, phylloxera, rosette, pecan scab, pecan nut casebarer, hickory shuckworm,
aphids, mites,
foliage feeding insects, and squirrels
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