2000
PECAN VARIETY GRADING
Pecan Growers in Victoria County, Cooperators
Joe D. Janak, C.E.A.
Sam Womble, C.E.A.
| Victoria, Texas | Victoria County |
Pct. #1-4 |
SUMMARY:
Sixteen years of Victoria County Pecan Shows have revealed the best varieties followed by the number of Grand and Reserve Champions won by that variety in the Victoria area: Forkert - 14, Cheyenne - 12, Schley - 10, Choctaw - 4, Kiowa - 4, GraCross - 4 and Oconee - 4. In the native division, the Prilop native entered by James Rother or Henry Kallus has won eight (8) Grand or Reserve Champions and another native owned by Fred Stockbauer has won nine (9) Grand or Reserve Champions.
PROBLEM:
The person buying pecans wants not only the best quality, but the best product for his money. Likewise, a producer of pecans wants the highest return for his pecans. By cracking, shelling and getting the percent kernel, both growers and buyers can be rewarded by buying and selling on a percent kernel as well as on the price per pound.
OBJECTIVES:
To compare the nuts per pound and the percent kernel of pecan varieties entered in the Victoria County Pecan Show. To determine the pecan varieties best adapted to the Victoria area.
MATERIALS/METHODS:
Ten nuts out of a 45 nut sample submitted in each entry in the Victoria County Pecan Show were weighed, cracked, shelled and the kernel weighed to figure both the nuts per pound and the percent kernel. Pecan accumulators, buyers and shellers cannot pay for inedible kernels, therefore, any flaw listed below was removed from the kernel sample after shelling but before weighing and calculating percent edible kernel:
Stink Bug - black spots on the kernel.
Weevil - a short, fat, white grub with a red head.
Vivipary - sprouting, root developing out of kernel.
Mold - gray or black mold on kernel.
Oily - kernel is oil soaked.
Embryo Rot - the eye of the kernel is discolored at the point where the halves attach.
Vivipary Rot - the dorsal ridge of the kernel is shriveled, beginning at the apex end of the kernel.
Fuzz - 50 percent or more of the kernel is covered with fuzz.
Wafer - 50 percent or more of the kernel is a wafer.
Watery - kernel is spongy and discolored, usually off-green.
The pecan entries were then judged on primarily percent kernel, weight and color and awards for both the County and Regional Show are listed.
RESULTS:
An very good County and Regional Pecan Show was held in 2000 considering the poor to fair crop. Victoria was well represented and local producers should be proud of their accomplishments. The Pecan Show was held at the South Texas Farm & Ranch Show on October 24 - 25, 2000 which was earlier than normal so entries were lower than normal. Table 1 at the end shows a list of the County entries and Regional Show winners.
Table 2 shows a summary of all entries for the past sixteen years and how they advanced to Regional, State and the winners thereof.
Table 2. Victoria County Entry Numbers and placings/year.
| YEAR | COUNTY | REGIONAL | STATE | WINNERS AT STATE |
| 2000 | 95 | 37 | 21 | |
| 1999 | 87 | 35 | 18 | 9 |
| 1998 | 114 | 40 | 23 | 6 |
| 1997 | 179 | 36 | 19 | 11 |
| 1996 | 133 | 48 | 25 | 12 |
| 1995 | 215 | 49 | 30 | 10 |
| 1994 | 99 | 33 | 25 | 10 |
| 1993 | 203 | 56 | 22 | 8 |
| 1992 | 134 | 46 | 16 | 7 |
| 1991 | 182 | 53 | 21 | 15 |
| 1990 | 159 | 53 | 23 | 11 |
| 1989 | 124 | 48 | 14 | 9 |
| 1988 | 148 | 50 | 14 | 9 |
| 1987 | 124 | 53 | 16 | 9 |
| 1986 | 156 | 48 | 12 | 7 |
| 1985 | 162 | 36 | 17 | 9 |
| 1984 | 101 | 38 | 13 | 9 |
| 1983 | 191 | 37 | 7 | 3 |
| AVERAGE | 154 | 46 | 18 | 9 |
Table 3 reveals the most common winners by variety. The Forkert variety has won 14 times, Cheyenne 12 times and Schley won 10 times. These are three very good varieties. In the native division, the Prilop native entered by James Rother or Henry Kallus has won eight (8) Grand or Reserve Champions and another native owned by Fred Stockbauer has won nine (9) Grand or Reserve Champions.
Table 3. Victoria County Pecan Variety Champions 1983 - 2000.
|
YEAR |
COMMERCIAL | CLASSIC | NATIVE | |||
| GC | RC | GC | RC | GC | RC | |
| 1983 | Choctaw | Kiowa | Schley | Cheyenne | Hartman | Huber |
| 1984 | Mohawk | Kiowa | Cheyenne | Schley | Rother (1) | Rother |
| 1985 | Kiowa | Forkert | Schley | Cheyenne | Rother (1) | Stockbauer |
| 1986 | Desirable | Forkert | Cheyenne | Schley | Rother (1) | Stockbauer |
| 1987 | Choctaw | Forkert | Cheyenne | Schley | Brzozowski | Rother (1) |
| 1988 | Forkert | Choctaw | Schley | Cheyenne | Brzozowski | Moritz |
| 1989 | Forkert | Cheyenne | Schley | GraCross | Rother (1) | Groll |
| 1990 | Forkert | Cheyenne | GraCross | Schley | Stockbauer | Stockbauer |
| 1991 | Forkert | Choctaw | GraCross | Success | Gloor | Stockbauer |
| 1992 | Forkert | Cheyenne | Oconee | Success | Moritz | Stockbauer |
| 1993 | Forkert | GraTex | Des. Sdlg. | Oconee | Stockbauer | Bauer |
| 1994 | Forkert | Cheyenne | Stockbauer | 53-12-322 | McCants | Stockbauer |
| 1995 | Forkert | GraTex | Oconee | Schley | McCants | Edwards |
| 1996 | Kiowa | Pawnee | Oconee | Brake | Kallus (1) | Stockbauer |
| 1997 | Forkert | Schley | GraTex | Stockbauer | McCants | Stockbauer |
| 1998 | Cheyenne | Mohawk | Prilop (1) | Stockbauer | Bauer | Stockbauer |
| 1999 | Forkert | Oconee | GraCross | Prilop | Kallus | Stockbauer |
| 2000 | Forkert | Cheyenne | Stockbauer | GraCross | Stockbauer | Satsky |
(1) Later named "Prilop" and moved to the Classic Division in 1997.
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND IMPACT:
Growing and producing the best pecans can not only be self rewarding in taste but also in economics as they usually bring in the top price per pound.
CONCLUSION:
The 2000 pecan crop was a fair yielding pecan crop on improved varieties and poor yielding on natives but what was made was of high quality except for stink bug damage. Pecans could be purchased at a price from $0.50 to $2.00 per pound, depending on quality, native or improved, etc. This evaluation also shows there is a major difference in pecan size ranging from about 27 nuts/lb. to over 95 nuts/lb. There is a major difference in percent kernel and kernel quality normally ranging from 29 - 62 percent, about 32 percent more to eat.
The pecan show can also be an excellent place to evaluate varieties that producers may consider propagating. In evaluating for the best varieties, there is also a definite trend showing Forkert, Cheyenne, Oconee, Schley and the Rother native (now known as "Prilop") and Stockbauer native as top contenders for propagation.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
Appreciation is expressed to all contributing pecan growers in Victoria County listed in this demonstration for donation of their pecan samples for this evaluation to be completed.
Table 1. Pecan Variety Grading Demonstration. Victoria County Pecan Growers, Victoria County, TX. October 25 - 26, 2000.
| # | VARIETY | NAME | COUNTY | #/LB |
% EDIBLE |
Co Award | Adv Reg |
| 301 | CADDO | FRED STOCKBAUER | VICTORIA | 59.7 | 44.3% | ||
| 302 | CADDO | CHARLES NELSON | VICTORIA | 48.6 | 49.6% | 3 | Y |
| 303 | CADDO | E.C. NITSCHMANN | VICTORIA | 64.3 | 53.6% | 1 | Y, 3 |
| 304 | CADDO | KERNELL MORITZ | VICTORIA | 64.9 | 53.2% | 2 | Y, 2 |
| 401 | CHEYENNE | FRED STOCKBAUER | VICTORIA | 46.0 | 59.1% | 1, RC Commercial | Y |
| 402 | CHEYENNE | E.C. NITSCHMANN | VICTORIA | 58.7 | 54.3% | 3 | |
| 403 | CHEYENNE | KERNELL MORITZ | VICTORIA | 50.1 | 54.5% | 2 | Y |
| 501 | CHOCTAW | LOUIE KRAMER | VICTORIA | 39.0 | 55.9% | 3 | |
| 502 | CHOCTAW | FRED STOCKBAUER | VICTORIA | 45.8 | 57.0% | ||
| 503 | CHOCTAW | FRANKLIN BOHUSLAV | LAVACA | 37.7 | 57.9% | 1 | Y |
| 504 | CHOCTAW | KERNELL MORITZ | VICTORIA | 39.2 | 56.0% | 2 | Y |
| 601 | DESIRABLE | DON SCHUESTEREIT | VICTORIA | 43.0 | 36.1% | ||
| 602 | DESIRABLE | ORVILLE GAUGLER | VICTORIA | 48.6 | 50.9% | ||
| 603 | DESIRABLE | FRED STOCKBAUER | VICTORIA | 39.8 | 43.9% | ||
| 604 | DESIRABLE | LOUIE KRAMER | VICTORIA | 32.9 | 49.9% | 1 | Y |
| 605 | DESIRABLE | E.C. NITSCHMANN | VICTORIA | 40.0 | 51.8% | 3 | |
| 606 | DESIRABLE | HENRY JANAK | VICTORIA | 41.7 | 50.0% | ||
| 607 | DESIRABLE | JAMES COSPER | GOLIAD | 44.8 | 52.3% | 2 | |
| 701 | FORKERT | E.C. NITSCHMANN | VICTORIA | 50.0 | 56.0% | ||
| 702 | FORKERT | ORVILLE GAUGLER | VICTORIA | 44.0 | 49.8% | ||
| 703 | FORKERT | DON SCHUESTEREIT | VICTORIA | 51.0 | 47.3% | ||
| 704 | FORKERT | LOUIE KRAMER | VICTORIA | 36.0 | 61.5% | ||
| 705 | FORKERT | HENRY JANAK | VICTORIA | 44.0 | 41.9% | ||
| 706 | FORKERT | KERNELL MORITZ | VICTORIA | 38.1 | 60.1% | 3 | |
| 707 | FORKERT | GORDON BEATTY | VICTORIA | 29.5 | 62.0% |
1, GC Commercial |
Y, 1 |
| 708 | FORKERT | FRED STOCKBAUER | VICTORIA | 36.7 | 48.0% | ||
| 709 | FORKERT | JAMES ROTHER | LAVACA | 40.8 | 59.8% | 2 | Y, 3 |
| 801 | KIOWA | E.C. NITSCHMANN | VICTORIA | 42.4 | 51.2% | ||
| 802 | KIOWA | ASA LOGAN | VICTORIA | 36.3 | 36.9% | ||
| 803 | KIOWA | FRED STOCKBAUER | VICTORIA | 42.0 | 55.3% | 2 | |
| 804 | KIOWA | LOUIE KRAMER | VICTORIA | 40.8 | 45.9% | ||
| 805 | KIOWA | DON SCHUESTEREIT | VICTORIA | 44.0 | 42.3% | ||
| 806 | KIOWA | HENRY JANAK | VICTORIA | 41.9 | 53.1% | ||
| 807 | KIOWA | DENNIS SATSKY | VICTORIA | 41.8 | 54.4% | 3 | |
| 808 | KIOWA | FRANKLIN BOHUSLAV | LAVACA | 45.0 | 57.7% | 1 | Y |
| 901 | OCONEE | CHARLES NELSON | VICTORIA | 35.4 | 42.4% | 2 | Y, 3 |
| 902 | OCONEE | FRED STOCKBAUER | VICTORIA | 44.7 | 48.2% | 1 | Y |
| 1001 | OSAGE | E.C. NITSCHMANN | VICTORIA | 70.8 | 48.8% | 1 | Y, 1 |
| 1101 | MOHAWK | RAYMOND MILLER | HIDALGO | 30.0 | 55.2% | 2 | Y, 1 |
| 1102 | MOHAWK | ASA LOGAN | VICTORIA | 31.8 | 59.0% | 1 | Y, 3 |
| 1103 | MOHAWK | E.C. NITSCHMANN | VICTORIA | 40.3 | 58.0% | 3 | |
| 1104 | MOHAWK | WILLIE DAN ROWELL | VICTORIA | 35.9 | 57.3% | ||
| 1201 | PAWNEE | E.C. NITSCHMANN | VICTORIA | 49.5 | 53.3% | 2 | |
| 1202 | PAWNEE | LOUIE KRAMER | VICTORIA | 40.0 | 50.5% | 3 | |
| 1301 | SCHLEY | DENNIS SATSKY | VICTORIA | 58.0 | 51.8% | 1 | Y |
| 1302 | SCHLEY | E.C. NITSCHMANN | VICTORIA | 49.4 | 49.4% | 2 | |
| 1303 | SCHLEY | FRED STOCKBAUER | VICTORIA | 56.3 | 49.0% | 3 | |
| 1401 | SIOUX | E.C. NITSCHMANN | VICTORIA | 62.9 | 58.1% | 1 | Y |
| 1402 | SIOUX | KERNELL MORITZ | VICTORIA | 58.8 | 54.1% | 2 | |
| 1501 | STUART | DENNIS SATSKY | VICTORIA | 58.2 | 56.2% | ||
| 1502 | STUART | E.C. NITSCHMANN | VICTORIA | 55.0 | 48.7% | ||
| 1801 | WICHITA | E.C. NITSCHMANN | VICTORIA | 61.5 | 53.2% | 3 | |
| 1802 | WICHITA | KERNELL MORITZ | VICTORIA | 51.7 | 56.4% | 1 | Y, 1 |
| 1803 | WICHITA | FRED STOCKBAUER | VICTORIA | 56.3 | 55.8% | 2 | |
| 1901 | BARTON | E.C. NITSCHMANN | VICTORIA | 57.6 | 56.7% | 1 | Y, 2 |
| 1902 | BARTON | ORVILLE GAUGLER | VICTORIA | 52.6 | 36.1% | 3 | |
| 2101 | CHEROKEE | JAMES COSPER | GOLIAD | 62.1 | 50.7% | ||
| 2102 | CHEROKEE | E.C. NITSCHMANN | VICTORIA | 53.8 | 46.5% | 2 | |
| 2401 | GRAKING | DON SCHUESTEREIT | VICTORIA | 39.7 | 38.9% | 3 | |
| 2402 | GRAKING | E.C. NITSCHMANN | VICTORIA | 35.3 | 53.2% | 2 | |
| 2403 | GRAKING | FRED STOCKBAUER | VICTORIA | 27.5 | 49.4% | 1 | Y |
| 2501 | GRATEX | ORVILLE GAUGLER | VICTORIA | 62.9 | 31.3% | 3 | |
| 2502 | GRATEX | E.C. NITSCHMANN | VICTORIA | 49.4 | 54.6% | 1 | Y, 3 |
| 2801 | MAHAN | ED AKIN | VICTORIA | 36.0 | 55.0% | 1 | Y |
| 2802 | MAHAN | HENRY JANAK | VICTORIA | 37.9 | 47.4% | 3 | |
| 2803 | MAHAN | E.C. NITSCHMANN | VICTORIA | 37.3 | 51.0% | 2 | |
| 3101 | PRILOP | E.C. NITSCHMANN | VICTORIA | 95.3 | 58.2% | 2 | Y, 1 |
| 3102 | PRILOP | JOE JANAK | VICTORIA | 73.3 | 51.9% | ||
| 3103 | PRILOP | DON SCHUESTEREIT | VICTORIA | 91.8 | 29.4% | ||
| 3104 | PRILOP | JAMES ROTHER | LAVACA | 92.8 | 56.0% | 3 | |
| 3105 | PRILOP | FRANKLIN BOHUSLAV | LAVACA | 65.0 | 52.4% | 1 | Y, 2 |
| 3301 | SHAWNEE | E.C. NITSCHMANN | VICTORIA | 50.5 | 43.3% | 3 | |
| 3302 | SHAWNEE | HENRY JANAK | VICTORIA | 48.1 | 55.7% | 1 | Y, 2 |
| 3303 | SHAWNEE | LOUIE KRAMER | VICTORIA | 38.5 | 44.5% | 2 | Y, 3 |
| 3401 | SHOSHONI | E.C. NITSCHMANN | VICTORIA | 50.1 | 50.7% | 3 | |
| 3402 | SHOSHONI | FRED STOCKBAUER | VICTORIA | 42.4 | 48.2% | 2 | |
| 3501 | SUCCESS | ORVILLE GAUGLER | VICTORIA | 50.5 | 50.9% | 2 | |
| 3502 | SUCCESS | FRED STOCKBAUER | VICTORIA | 35.3 | 43.8% | 1 | Y, 1 |
| 3601 | KNOWN HYBRID - DES X MAHAN | FRED STOCKBAUER | VICTORIA | 49.4 | 44.6% | 1 | Y, 3 |
| 3801 | GRACROSS | ORVILLE GAUGLER | VICTORIA | 63.5 | 42.6% | ||
| 3802 | MORELAND | ORVILLE GAUGLER | VICTORIA | 56.8 | 55.3% | 3 | Y |
| 3803 | STOCKBAUER | FRED STOCKBAUER | VICTORIA | 34.6 | 57.8% | Y, 3 | |
| 3804 | STOCKBAUER | DON SCHUESTEREIT | VICTORIA | 38.1 | 51.9% | ||
| 3805 | MERAMEC | E.C. NITSCHMANN | VICTORIA | 47.3 | 46.3% | ||
| 3806 | NAVAHO | E.C. NITSCHMANN | VICTORIA | 49.7 | 46.4% | ||
| 3807 | MORELAND | JAMES ROTHER | LAVACA | 54.3 | 53.8% | ||
| 3808 | GRACROSS |