Northern Pecans: Pecan cultivars that matured by September 30

Canton, 30 Sept. 2013

I spent this afternoon checking on the development of our 2013 pecan crop. This week I found some additional early-ripening cultivars with split shucks. Most of these are cultivars that have originated as seedling selections for northern pecan states. Two are USDA introductions. Osage is a USDA cultivar with very early ripening but can be injured by cold winter temperature. USDA 64-11-17 is early ripening but is not consistently productive and I would not recommend it further propagation.
Cultivars I found ripe since last week are pictured at right and below.