'Byrd' pecan - a new cultivar with early maturing, high quality nuts

摘要

Georgia's pecan harvest has the advantage of being geographically earlier than Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. Cultivars with early nut maturity and high kernel quality would further enhance Georgia's market advantage. Pecan crosses were made at the University of Georgia Horticulture Farm at Watkinsville, Georgia, from 1989 to 1995. The objective was to develop cultivars with early nut maturity, nut size less than 55 nuts per pound, kernel percentage higher than 55, and commercially acceptable scab resistance.