Scab-resistant pecan for home plantings and low-input orchards. Origin: Black Rock, AL, by D. Gafford. Parentage unknown; selected 1986; tested at Auburn University. Nuts: oblong, slightly ovate, acute apex, rounded base, round in cross section; 123 nuts/kg, 50% kernel. Kernels: cream color, medium-wide, shallow dorsal grooves. Tree: protandrous bloom pattern, incomplete dichogamy, midseason pollen shed, midseason pistil receptivity; 50% shuck split about 20 Oct. in central Alabama; may overbear on older trees, producing nuts with lower quality; excellent resistance to pecan scab (Fusicladosporium effusum). Fruit:
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