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Caddo, 8 Oct. 2015 |
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Yesterday, I took a quick tour of our research trials to find pecan cultivars that ripened during the first week of October. I found that Caddo, Chickasaw, Greenriver, Jayhawk, Lakota, Niblack, and Oswego had split shuck since the last time I checked our cultivar trials on September 29th (photos at right and below) . Judging from the crop loads I'm seeing on all trees, both improved and native, 2015 will be an excellent harvest year.
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Chickasaw, 8 Oct. 2015 |
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Greenriver, 8 Oct. 2015 |
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Jayhawk, 8 Oct. 2015 |
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Lakota, 8 Oct. 2015 |
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Niblack, 8 Oct. 2015 |
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Oswego, 8 Oct. 2015 |