which has brought well-earned profits to hardworking orchard keepers in Texas and beyond. Should there be a collapse, the pecan, our official state nut, borne of our official state tree ...

The pecan tree became the official state tree of Texas in 1919, credited to Governor Hogg’s love for the tree. Pecans are native to about 150 counties in Texas and capable of growing and ...

Big Valley Pecan Farm in San Saba County ... 1930s—by 1974 he was the largest pecan grower in Texas, harvesting 4.5 million pounds of the tree nuts each year, according to the Texas State ...

Last night I went to the 40th anniversary celebration of the Texas Trees Foundation ... wherever a pecan tree stands. What gives? Are the trees raining sap? Why don’t I recall this ever happenin ...

No, that’s probably not tree sap, according to Katherine Smith, owner of Smith’s Gardentown in Wichita Falls, Texas. Smith said ... especially myrtles, pecan or oak trees.

The Texas Legislature in 1919 declared pecans the official state tree. The Cockrell family began planting pecan trees in the 1960s. Today, about 40 employees work year-round to tend to the farm ...