Millican Pecan Company‘s roots go deep in the history of the state nut of Texas. The San Saba orchard and the modern pecan industry were started by E.E. Risien in 1888 when he popularized the ...

Some things are just typically Southern, like grits, sweet iced tea and pecans. But while the official nut of the South is especially popular during the winter holidays, it’s not really a nut at all.

Walking into Valley View Pecan Company, the smell of fresh-cracked pecans and homemade candies evoke a scrumdiddlyumptious thought of what it would be like to enter Willy Wonka’s candy factory.

Nola Bohuslav cracks open pecan shells during the 59th annual DeWitt County Pecan Show Tuesday at the Friar Ag Center in Cuero. CUERO — An assembly line of volunteers worked busily at a set of folding ...