| There are variety of nut trees available in America | | | | 1876. That marked the start of the real |
| but one of the most widely spread is the pecan tree. | | | | commercialization of pecans. Now all one has to do is |
| The pecans come from the pecan tree and are nuts | | | | go to to find of types of great pecan products and |
| like walnuts but with a thin shell and because of their | | | | some great recipes. |
| very sweet taste are used as a food or as an | | | | At the beginning of 20th century a company started |
| ingredient for many delicious pies. | | | | to use the pecan pies as a promotional tool for its |
| The pecan trees grow mostly in the Central and | | | | main product. It was then that the pecans started to |
| South area of U.S. but with more than thousand | | | | gain their glory. Now they are known in every |
| varieties there is a sort that grows well even in the | | | | American home and often pecan pies are used on |
| cold Canadian climate. These trees are known for | | | | various occasions. |
| centuries. There are fossils found around the rivers in | | | | The pecan pie is a sweet desert whose main |
| Texas which could be dated to the prehistorical era. | | | | ingredients are pecan nuts and corn syrup. It is a |
| The first written proof of the trees is dated about | | | | very delicious pie and takes a very important place in |
| 600 years ago. It is known that the Native American | | | | the Southern cuisine. There are numbers of different |
| tribes have used the pecans as their main food | | | | recipes for pecan pie but the one thing that is always |
| during the winter season. They were also gathering | | | | in there are the nuts. They give the pie that sweet |
| together around the rivers at the beginning of the fall | | | | nutty flavor that made it famous throughout many |
| every year to reap the harvest of the pecan trees. | | | | generations. |
| The pecan tree has a significant impact on the | | | | A pecan tree can often grow to more than a |
| development of the Southern part of U.S. Soon after | | | | hundred feet tall. These are very time-resistant trees |
| the newcomers realized the merit of pecan nuts the | | | | and can live up easily to over thousand years. The |
| port of New Orleans started to be used for | | | | tree does not give an usable fruit until six to ten |
| transporting them to other states of America and | | | | years after it is planted. In the past most of the |
| the rest of the world. However until the middle of | | | | trees grew wild and today there still can be found |
| 19th century this was not a very big business. Then | | | | wild pecan trees in many places of America. With the |
| a gardener managed to cultivate a bigger pecan | | | | accelerating commercial impact and use of the tree |
| whose qualities were superior to the ones of the | | | | many orchards were made and in many areas this |
| other pecan nuts known at that time. This pecan | | | | turned out to be a profitable family run business. The |
| was awarded the “Best Pecan Exhibited | | | | pecan tree is the state tree of Texas. |
| award” at a pecan nuts and trees exhibition at | | | | |