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What would Thanksgiving be without pecan pie? New Orleans without pecan pralines? Southern cooks would have to hang up their aprons without America’s native nut, whose popularity has spread far beyond the tree’s natural home. But as familiar as the pecan is, most people don’t know the fascinating story of how native pecan trees fed Americans for thousands of years until the nut was “improved” a little more than a century ago—and why that rapid domestication actually threatens the pecan’s long-term future. In The Pecan, acclaimed writer and historian James McWilliams explores the history of America’s most important commercial nut. He describes how essential the pecan was for Native Americans—by some calculations, an average pecan harvest had the food value of nearly 150,000 bison. McWilliams explains that, because of its natural edibility, abundance, and ease of harvesting, the pecan was left in its natural state longer than any other commercial fruit or nut crop in America. Yet once the process of “improvement” began, it took less than a century for the pecan to be almost totally domesticated. Today, more than 300 million pounds of pecans are produced every year in the United States—and as much as half of that total might be exported to China, which has fallen in love with America’s native nut. McWilliams also warns that, as ubiquitous as the pecan has become, it is vulnerable to a “perfect storm” of economic threats and ecological disasters that could wipe it out within a generation. This lively history suggests why the pecan deserves to be recognized as a true American heirloom.
Pecan. --- Pecan industry. --- Carya illinoensis --- Carya illinoinensis --- Carya oliviformis --- Carya pecan --- Hicoria pecan --- Pecan tree --- Hickories --- Hicans --- Nut industry
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Pecan industry. --- Pecan. --- Nut industry --- Carya illinoensis --- Carya illinoinensis --- Carya oliviformis --- Carya pecan --- Hicoria pecan --- Pecan tree --- Hickories --- Hicans
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HOR Horticulture --- Carya --- arboriculture --- horticulture --- pomology
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Prunus dulcis --- Prunus dulcis --- Castanea --- Castanea --- Carya --- Carya --- Corylus --- Corylus --- Juglans --- Juglans --- Varieties --- Varieties --- reproduction. --- reproduction --- Biotechnology --- Biotechnology --- Plant breeding --- Plant breeding
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DEN Dendrology & Forestry --- Juglandaceae --- trees --- keys --- Carya --- Cyclocarya --- Juglans --- Platycarya --- Pterocarya
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DEN Dendrology & Forestry --- Carya --- France --- Juglandaceae --- Juglans --- cultivated trees --- dendrology --- pests and diseases --- plant products --- species --- varieties
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Rebecca J. Manring offers an illuminating study and translation of three hagiographies of Advaita Acarya, a crucial figure in the early years of the devotional Vaisnavism which originated in Bengal in the fifteenth century. Advaita Acarya was about fifty years older than the movement's putative founder, Caitanya, and is believed to have caused Caitanya's advent by ceaselessly storming heaven, calling for the divine presence to come to earth. Advaita was a scholar and highly respected pillar of society, whose status lent respectability and credibility to the new movement. A significant body of
Vaishnavites --- Advaita Ācārya. --- Advaitācarya, --- Kamalākṣa Bhaṭṭācārya --- Advaita Acarya, --- Vaishnavites - Biography. --- Advaita Acarya, - 15th century.
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BRI British Isles --- Acer --- Arbutus --- British Isles --- Carpinus --- Carya --- Cedrus --- Corylus --- Cunninghamia --- Ireland --- Libocedrus --- Liquidambar --- Nothofagus --- Nyssa --- Ostrya --- Pinus sylvestris --- Platanus --- Sassafras --- Sciadopitys --- Sequoia --- habitat photographs --- landscape photographs --- sylviculture --- taxa descriptions --- taxa photographs --- trees
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