Thread: How to Top Work a Pecan Tree to Change It's Variety

Originally Posted by Rojo

Yes, you are talking about the native seed pecan. Same tree canebreaker planted. Very oily, always hard to shell due to the tight packing (the bitter stuff) development. Fine rootstock though for here. Elliot is a popular rootstock but I think the native pecan is a tougher tree all the way around.

I have always heard them called seed pecans. They were certainly good. Because they were only they did seem to go rancid quicker. Old man had a bunch of trees we planted at the house I grew up in. When they moved I used the winch on the pickup I had at the time to pull up a 30 foot tree that we dug up by hand. Transplanted it at their new place and it lived. It was one of the Indian varieties. They are hardy and fast growing

Originally Posted by SuperDave336

How do you shell yours? Do you have a cracker or do them manually?

I use a old school manual, one at a time cracker. I pick in a Jethro Stainless Bowl while watching TV in the evenings. Wine is on the menu during all picking sessions too. Vacuum pack in heavy mil poly bags then freeze (what I don't eat). They keep their flavor well into year 4 if kept at 0 degrees.