Volume 46 Number 2 Article 12
Year 1992 Month 4
Title: The Precocity of Selected Northern Pecan Cultivars
Author: W. Reid
Abstract:
The precocity of 10 short-season pecan cultivars was estimated by recording the number of nut clusters/tree, the number of nuts/tree, and
the yield.
Four years after propagation, the
three indices of precocity indicated that 'Dooley'
was the most precocious cultivar evaluated.
'Chickasaw', 'Colby', 'Giles', 'Hirschi', 'Peruque',
and 'Shoshoni' started producing nuts 5 years
after propagation.
Low nut production by
'Love', 'Major' and 'Posey' over the 3-year
study period indicates that these cultivars are
not precocious.
All three measurements of early
nut production lead to identical ratings of cultivar precocity.
If time and resources are limited
in future pecan cultivar evaluations, the recording of number of nut clusters per tree alone may prove an adequate measure of precocity.
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