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The Pecan in Texas Pioneers and promise of a nut rich future
This retrospective in Texas highlights the pecan's deep history from prehistoric times to modern cultivation. It profiles pioneers like E E Rissen and Gilbert Onderdonk, notes Texas’s leading role in pecan propagation, and argues for widespread planting based on soil versatility and high food value. It emphasizes pecans as a key future staple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Texas
Great
Lone Star
E. J. Rissen
San Saba
Earth
Bancroft
United States
de Soto
Mississippi River
Lone Star State
Red River
Gulf
South
Antoine
J. Roman
St. James Parish
Louisiana
Gilbert Onderdonk
Victoria County
Texas Department of Agriculture
Mexico
T. W. Munson
Denison
Col
E. W. Kirkpatrick
McKinney
J. S. Williams
Mr. Williams
Burbank
Williams
Chas. L. Edwards
Dallas
Edwards
H. A. Halbert
Coleman
Halbert
J. H. Burkett
Burkett
State Department of Agriculture
Garcia
E. E. Rissen
Rissen
E. EB. Rissen
Fernando Miller
H. M. Stringfellow
J. M. Remney
Lampasas
C. Faulkner
J. L. Quicksall
Waco
John Morgan
Belton
J. L. Lyendecker
Freelsburg
Robert Lyendecker
Houston
W. D. Bunting
Uvalde
P. K. Delaney
Seguin
J. B. Pierce
Austin
San Antonio
West Texas
Shawneetown
Illinois
Robert E. Woodson
St. Louis
Great Lone Star
E. J. Kyle
A. & M. College of Texas
H. P. Stuckey
Guily