In 1919, thanks to Hogg, the pecan was named the state tree. Today the pecan is thriving ... of scientifically managed groves that produce big, voluptuous pecans, for now the bulk of the stateís ...

Big Valley Pecan Farm in San Saba County ... the only private subway in the U.S. Leonard also began buying land and planting pecan trees in the 1930s—by 1974 he was the largest pecan grower ...