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Lipan Pecan: New Trial Variety For All Growing Areas

‘Lipan’ is a new pecan [Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch] variety released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS). The Lipan are a Native American Apache tribe (Hodge, 1975). During various periods of the 18th and 19th centuries they roamed from the lower Rio Grande in New Mexico and Mexico eastward through...