Etter Hybrid, Grafted Hickory
Believed to be a complex cross of a shagbark hickory and the McAllister hican (which is a shellbark/pecan cross) 'Etter Hybrid' was naturally produced in the Etter Grove in Pennsylvania. It produces very large nuts that are the size of chicken eggs, and which crack out pretty easily in halves when using a good nut cracker. This variety produces annually with very good crops most years and is a heavy producer - even breaking limbs at times during the heaviest yielding years. This unusually rare tree has the outstanding hybrid qualities of shagbark, pecan and shellbark hickory in its genes. Nuts ripen mid to late October. This tree is suited for USDA zone 6 or warmer.
Pollinator required: This tree must have a different variety of hickory planted nearby (within 100 feet).
Please note: These trees must be picked up in mid to late April which is a different pick up time from most of our other bareroot trees.