Pecan
Pecan experts say that there is no such thing as a hickory pecan. They do say that this is a Carya illinoinensis, however.
The experts say that these look like seedling pecans, not a selected variety. They should be sweet and flavorful...if we can get to them before the squirrels do.
In the spring, the catkins emerge. The pecan nuts were last years collected from the ground.
And is it pronounced Pee-Can? or Puh-Kahn? How do you pronounce pecan?
The 1893 Illustrated Album of Alameda County mentions some 15 year old pecans planted here. These are probably these trees. That would make them planted in 1878, about the time that the label says!