Pecans
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- OriginMexico,Peru,USA
- Production Capacity
- CategoryNuts
- Update Time2026-05-26
company profile
BEDEMCO INC.
- Contact: Mr.Anita Benech
- Tel: 001-914-683-1119
- Number of Employees: < 20
- Business Type: Trade
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- Origin:Mexico,Peru,USA
Origin:
Mexico, Peru & U.S.
Background:
Pecan (Carya Illinoensis) is the common name for a species of hickory belonging to the walnut family. It is the only major tree nut naturally grown in North America and one of the most valuable of nut species. It traces its fossil origins back at least 8000 years to major streams and irrigation canals in Texas and the northern part of Mexico. From this region, propagation spread north and east, possibly carried by crows that prefer the thin-shelled nuts and can carry them many miles.
The name pecan is of Native American origin, deriving from the Algonquin word "pacane", meaning "nut to be cracked with a rock. Wild pecans were a major food source for various tribes, whose activities and settlements in the fall and winter followed the maturing harvest of the wild trees. The U.S. government has recognized this close historical link, as improved varieties of pecans have been named after various Indian tribes. The first recorded history of pecans dates to a diary from the 1540s of Spanish explorer Cabaca de Vaca, shipwrecked on Galveston Island. Other prominent explorers including Hernando de Soto also noted the abundance of wild pecans. As French and Spanish colonists settled in northern Mexico and along the Gulf of Mexico, cultivation expanded. The French settlement of New Orleans became a prominent natural market and redistribution point for pecans to other parts of the new colonies and beyond. By the late 1700s, propagation had spread to the Atlantic Seaboard, with plantings in English settlements and gardens of prominent colonists including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Speculation is that Spanish colonists likely exported pecans from northern Mexico to the West Indies and other Spanish settlements.
Description:
Pecan trees do not begin producing nuts until they are 5-6 years old. They are monecious - each tree produces both male and female parts but the tree itself is self fertilizing. The fruit of the tree grows in terminal clusters of 2 to 10 pieces. Each fruit piece consists of a green, fleshy shuck which surrounds the in-shell nut until it matures. Upon maturity, the shuck splits along 4 natural growth seams. In-shell nuts are 1 to 2 inches long, with two kernels separated by a thin, papery central plate. There are numerous varieties of pecans available, with variations in size, color (ranging from light cream to dark amber) and the quantity of the nut meat.