​Pecan

​Pecan

​Fossil remains found in Texas show that our native pecan tree was here long before humans came on the scene. Remarkably long lived, the pecan can survive more than a thousand years and grow over 100 feet tall.

1919, the state of Texas made the pecan tree the state tree of Texas

​Pecan the same family as Walnuts and reminiscent of those in the taste, there are over 500 varieties. Pecans are a good source of protein and unsaturated fats. Like walnuts (which pecans resemble), pecans are rich in omega-6 fatty acid although pecans contain about half as much omega-6 as walnuts

​A pecan, like the fruit of all other members of the hickory genus, is not truly a nut, but is technically a drupe, a fruit with a single stone or pit, surrounded by a husk. The husks are produced from the exocarp tissue of the flower, while the part known as the nut develops from the endocarp and contains the seed.