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Osage Pecan Tree


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Osage Pecan Tree. It is the result of a cross between the cultivars major and evers. Even though cultivars can vary in the number and size of catkins produced, the obvious difference in catkin shape between protandrous and protogynous cultivars seems to be universal.

Northern Pecans Pecan cultivars that matured by September 30
Northern Pecans Pecan cultivars that matured by September 30 from northernpecans.blogspot.com

'osage' was selected from a 'major' x 'evers' cross and was released in 1989 by the usda breeding program. The osage pecan tree was developed for growing in the northern united states pecan production areas. The nuts of the osage pecan.

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Northern Pecans Pecan cultivars that matured by September 30

Osage is a protandrous cultivar and has short fat catkins while kanza is protogynous as has long narrow catkins. The osage pecan tree was developed for growing in the northern united states pecan production areas. Department of agriculture developed “osage” pecan (carya illinoinensis) to mature early and grow in colder. The nuts of the osage pecan tree has excellent flavor, oil content, and shelling characteristics to make perfect halves.

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