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James Rolfe Murie (1862 – November 18, 1921) was a Native American anthropologist, ethnographer, and educator.He was Skiri Pawnee and reached Pawnee culture, history, religion, and worldviews.
The Elliot Pecan, or Elliott Pecan, is a pecan variety planted predominantly in Georgia and Florida. The nut is distinguishable by its smooth shell and small, tear-drop shape. [ 1 ] The first Elliot tree was a seedling in the lawn of the American lumberman Henry Elliot in Milton, Florida . [ 2 ]
Pecans are subject to various diseases, pests, and physiological disorders that can limit tree growth and fruit production. These range from scab to hickory shuckworm to shuck decline. Pecans are prone to infection by bacteria and fungi such as pecan scab, especially in humid conditions. Scab is the most destructive disease affecting pecan ...
Panis was a term used for slaves of the First Nations descent in Canada, a region of New France. [1] [2] [3] First Nation slaves were generally called Panis (anglicized to Pawnee), with most slaves of First Nations descent having originated from Pawnee tribes.
The pecan weevil, Curculio caryae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is an obligate feeder on the nuts of North American hickories and pecans (Carya species), most widely recognized as an economically important pest of the pecan, Carya illinoinensis (Fagales: Juglandaceae).
Sep. 21—Texas pecan orchards were expected to produce a mixed bag of results amid good prices and strong demand, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Larry Stein, Ph.D ...
The Nebraska and Bollingen Foundations gave her some financial support, which allowed her to study museum materials from the Pawnee collection at the University of Nebraska. Based on this and her previous field work, she wrote The Lost Universe: Pawnee Life and Culture (1965) about Pawnee history and ethnography. [21]
During the 1930s, 40% of the pecan crop in the United States was grown in Texas, with half of that being produced within a 250-mile radius of San Antonio. [1] [2] Described as the "world's largest pecan shelling center", between 10,000 and 20,000 workers, primarily Mexican American women, worked as shellers, removing the hard outer shell of pecans grown and collected in the region. [3]