Pecans

Juglandaceae species Includes the hickories, walnuts, and pecans
The pecan grows in the rich bottomlands in drier climates. It is found in the 18 southern states ranging from Georgia to California. Mexico has a huge crop also. It is the most important native nut crop of North America.

The nut is grown in the southern United States, usually below Missouri in latitude. It took four centuries for this nut to become a cultivated crop. For many decades it was a wild nut and used by American Indians. Pecans are produced in seven countries - Australia, Canada, India, Israel, Mexico, and West Africa. They are consumed around the world, wherever domestic nuts are traded.

Israel
The pecan tree was first introduced into Israel around 1930. The crop has grown and is now a commercial crop, grown in orchards along the Meditterranean Ocean seashore. Varieties grown include Wichita, Choctaw, Apache, Cammanchee, Texhan, Hastings, Mohawk, Caddo, Sioux, Shawnee, Clark, Cheyenne, Royal, Ideal, and Bradley.
Pecans in Africa
The Republic of South Africa has a small but florishing pecan nut industry that has existed for many years.
The Hican The HICAN is a cross between the pecan and the Hickories. Hicans have the long shape of the pecan, but in many ways resemble the hickory tree. The largest Hican is the McAlister, which is about 2-1/2" long and more than 1/2" thick. The McAlister, however, has not been productive so there is no commercial crop. The Bixby variety is nearly as la
rge as the McAlister.Many natural crosses between the pecan and other nut crops have been found. In 1541 Hernando DeSoto came upon a tree in what is present day Arkansas. The tree was growing abundant nuts on all branches and was described and a "thin shelled walnut". This could only be the pecan.