Pecan cultivars
'Chief' Native seedling selected in 1942 by H. C. Reeder, Ridgway, IL. Intro. in 1953 by J. F. Wilkinson, Indiana Nut Nursery, Rockport, IN. Nut: elliptic with acute apex and base; laterally compressed in cross section; ridges on shell; 54 nuts/lb, 45% kernel; kernels with tight dorsal grooves and very tight ventral groove, breaking up badly at shelling. Protandrous, with very late pistillate receptivity.
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