Dr. George McEachern, Fruit and Pecan Specialist with Texas A&M spent 3 hours live on the air with Neil Sunday, February 3, 2008.
Podcasts of those hours will be available here within days.
If you missed the address of the pecan production book George recommended for both homeowners and commercial producers, you can order it directly from Texas A&M. Your check for $20 should be payable to Pecan Handbook. Mail it to:
Pecan Handbook
2134 TAMU-Hort.
College Station, TX 77843
Dr. McEachern's Top 10 Fruit and Nut Varieties
For North Central and Northeast Texas
(Selected for quality, productivity and dependability)
Orient pear
Celeste fig
Arapaho blackberry
Champanel grape
Black Beauty muscadine
Caddo pecan
Methley plum
Holland apple
Harvester peach
Mr. Mac Satsuma
Many of these varieties are available from local retail nurseries.
Unusual types can also be bought by mail order from
Womack Nursery
2551 Hwy. 6
DeLeon, TX 76444
254-893-6497
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