| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | N/A |
| Botanical Name | Carya illinoinensis |
| Zone | 5-9 |
| Soil | Well drained loamy soils pH 6-6.5, mulch with organic matter/compost around root area |
| Light | Full sun |
| Pollination | Somewhat self fertile, Good cross-pollinators should be Protandrous or type 1 flowering types like Pawnee or Colby which shed pollen first and open pistillate flowers later become receptive to pollen. Use a Colby or Pawnee pecan for pollinizing. |
| Years to Bear | 6-14 |
| Form | Tall upright deciduous nut bearing tree with spreading branches |
| Height | 70-100 feet |
| Spread | 60-80 feet |
| Bloom | Protogynous (Type 2) pistillate flowers receptive to pollen appear first; and catkins shed pollen later in the season. |
| Ripening Time | October |
| Fruit | Medium small very delicious nuts which crack out easily |
| Pollinator Friendly | Yes |
| Special Notes | The Kanza Northern Pecan is the result of a hand pollinated cross between Major and Shoshoni pecans in 1955 by Louis Romberg. This is a very scab resistant pecan with delicious crunchy easy to shell nuts of medium small size. Pecans grow very large and make excellent landscape and shade trees for backyards and homesteads. |
Kanza Northern Pecan
$10.00
Carya illinoinensis. If you’re serious about growing pecans in northern climates and want that paper thin shell that makes them the nut everyone loves, then this is your tree.
Thin easy shelled nuts of medium to large size with excellent flavor in an early ripening tree that is disease resistant and hardy in northern climates. That’s the Kanza.
The Kanza northern pecan has a colorful history dating back to its hand pollinated origin in 1955 from a cross between Major and Shoshoni made by Louis Romberg. Louis was the USDA’s first pecan breeder hired in 1931. The objective in making the cross was to develop a cultivar with large nut size, a thin shell and early ripening by crossing the northern cultivar (Major) and a large, thin-shelled cultivar of southern origins (Shoshoni).
Amazingly, in the year of the first graft of that initial test of 56 11 11 in the 1960’s only one cultivar survived. But by the early 1980’s it was showing itself to be an exceptional tree, and happily there were a few people paying attention. In the end, it turned out to be what has now been named the Kanza Northern Pecan, and the original tree, some 40 years later, is a large mature and dependably yielding tree with exceptionally delicious nuts that shell out easily.
Not all cultivars have such a long and dependable track record, and finding a tree that can not only stand the test of time but is also disease resistant and reliable as a standard orchard tree is a real gift.
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