2025 Comanche County Pecan Show Fall and winter bring to mind holidays, family gatherings, and pecans. It also means it is time for the Comanche County Pecan Show. The pecan industry is still a vital industry for the county and has been for a very long time. Please don’t forget to go out and buy some pecans for the holidays and since you are purchasing them, you may as well be sure you are getting some good local pecans. No pecan pie taste as good as one made with Comanche County pecans- all the others are wormy and bitter.
There has been a Comanche County Pecan Show for more years than anyone can remember; it is an annual tradition. It is a great opportunity to show off one of the most valuable commodities produced here in the county. This year’s show will be held on Thursday, December 18th at 8:30 a.m. at the Comanche County Extension office with judging beginning as soon as we complete the processing of pecans. Entries will be accepted from all pecan growers. Whether you have 1 or 100,000 trees, the pecans must have been grown during this year and by the person that is entering the nuts. Pecan entries need to be dropped off at the Comanche County Extension office by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, December 17th. If you cannot get the pecans to us on the 17th, please call and let us know what you will be bringingit helps us to have all the entries already entered in the computer program before processing starts.
A pecan entry must have a minimum of 50 nuts and be labeled with a variety name, exhibitor name, address, and phone number. Growers are limited to one entry of each variety but there is no limit on numbers of entries of seedling or native pecans. I encourage you to enter a sample of your best pecans in the show. There is no charge, and you might win a major award.
Here are some tips for selecting the best pecans for the show:
■ Make selections from young trees because they usually produce heavier and bigger nuts than older trees.
■ Pick nuts from trees with a light pecan crop to ensure an above average kernel percentage.
■ Harvest pecans immediately following nut drop to prevent pecan kernels from rotting when soils are wet and to preserve a light color.
■ Sunlight darkens kernel color. Do not alter nut appearance by polishing or rubbing.
■ Select nuts that are uniform in size because this is a judging criterion.
■ Keep your samples refrigerated until the pecan show.
■ Be sure your sample includes only nuts of one variety.
■ Submit a minimum sample of 50 nuts. It was nice to have several new entries last year. Many of these were very competitive and most of them placed very high in the show. We of course can always use help during the processing portion of the show. If you are interested, give us a call at (325)-356-2539.