Carya illinoinensis 'Huffman'

Cultivar

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Characteristics

A perennial monoecious deciduous tree.
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Scab-resistant plant consistently producing large nuts with mammoth-sized kernels. Origin: University of Georgia, Athens, by D. Sparks. Desirable × Pawnee; crossed 1990; selected 2005; tested as #3; introd. 2013. Tree: fruit cluster count small, with acceptable production; protandrous with early pollen shed and mid receptivity; moderately resistant to scab; resistant to black pecan aphid. Fruit: : oblong, base round, apex obtuse and cuspidate to cuspidate asymmetric; round in cross section; 84 nuts/kg, 57% kernel; dorsal grooves wide; kernel golden to cream; ripens 6 Oct. in Albany, GA.
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Carya illinoinensis 'Huffman'