Congratulations to our local producers for their county and regional award-winning pecans! The 2023 Fort Bend County pecan show was held November 8th at the Pecan Harvest Festival in downtown historic Richmond. Several of the entries will now move up to the state competition in July. Winners from Fort Bend County are as follows:
Commercial Grand Champion – John & Bertha Abraham.
Pictured L to R are County Extension Agent-Horticulture, Boone Holladay and John Abraham.
Boone Holladay presented Mr. Abraham with his awards from 2023 and 2022.
Variety Seedling Grand Champion & Natives Reserve Champion –
Bernie Brezina
Natives Grand Champion & Commercial Reserve Grand Champion –
Stan Hruska
Classic and New Reserve Champion – Pete and Angie Pavlovsky
Congratulations to everyone!
Representative winners from Fort Bend in the East Region Pecan Show will compete in the Texas State Pecan Show, held in conjunction with the Texas Pecan Growers Association Conference & Trade Show For conference information contact the Texas Pecan Growers Association at (979) 846-3285 or visit their website at www.tpga.org. For more information on the Texas Pecan Show, visit https://tpga.org/texas-pecan-show/.
