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Harvesting of pecan nuts from Carya illinoinensis using a mechanical tree shaker. A mechanical tree shaker is a device that uses a hydraulic cylinder to squeeze a tree. It is used in the harvesting of some fruit trees, especially pecans. [1] Tree shakers are also used in the Christmas tree industry to remove dead needles from cut trees.
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According to Miller, this pecan pie recipe from 1914 is made without corn syrup because corn syrup wasn't invented until the 1930s. This pie doesn't have the "goopy" filling but rather features a ...
The tree is cultivated for its seed primarily in the U.S. states of Georgia, [3] New Mexico, [4] and Texas, [5] and in Mexico. The seed is an edible nut used as a snack and in various recipes, such as praline candy and pecan pie. The pecan is the state nut of Alabama, Arkansas, California, Texas, and Louisiana, and is also the state tree of Texas.
Carya aquatica, the bitter pecan or water hickory, is a large tree, that can grow over 30 metres (98 ft) tall of the Juglandaceae or walnut family. In the American South it is a dominant plant species found on clay flats and backwater areas near streams and rivers.
A smudge pot (also known as a choofa or orchard heater) is an oil-burning device used to prevent frost on fruit trees. Usually a smudge pot has a large round base with a chimney coming out of the middle of the base. The smudge pot is placed between trees in an orchard. The burning oil creates heat, smoke, carbon dioxide, and water vapor.
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).
Pecan scab is the most economically significant disease of pecan trees (Carya illinoinensis) in the southeastern United States. [1] Venturia effusa is a fungal plant pathogen that causes pecan scab. The fungus causes lesions and tissue death on pecan twigs, petioles, leaves, nuts and shucks beginning in early spring, with multiple cycles of ...