Chapter 2 “Pekan Nuttrees” Europeans Encounter the Pecan

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction. Cracking the Nut 1
6. Chapter 1 The Native Americans’ Nut 6
7. Chapter 2 “Pekan Nuttrees” Europeans Encounter the Pecan 19
8. Chapter 3 “. . . the Forest into an Orchard” Pas s i v e C u l t i vation on t h e Te x a s Frontier 31
9. Chapter 4 Antoine’s Graft The Birth of the Improved Pecan, 1822–1900 50
10. Chapter 5 “To Make These Little Trees” the culture of pecan improvement, 1900–1925 77
11. Chapter 6 “Pecansfor theWorld” The Pecan Goes Industrial, 1920–1945 99
12. Chapter 7 “In Almost Any Recipe . . . Pecans May Be Used” American Consumers Embrace the Pecan, 1940–1960 115
13. Chapter 8 “China Wants Our Nuts” the pecan goes global 135
14. Epilogue. The Future of Pecans 152
15. Notes 157
16. Bibliographic Essay 171
17. Index 173