Is a hickory a pecan in the UK?

[JB]

I watch TV a lot. One show I seldom miss is "The Weakest Link" on BBCA.

I have learned a lot of differences between USA and UK, but one got me the other day.

The question was, "What is the "H" name of the tree that bears the nut called a pecan?" The contestant was confused and passed. The host said the answer was "Hickory".

Well I have about a hundred trees on The Hideout that bear nuts called pecans, and those trees are called pecans. I don't have any hickorys, but am very familiar with hickorys and the hickory nut, which I have never heard called a pecan.

I do know that hickorys and pecans are closely related and can be hybridized into a tree called a hican, and that each can be grafted onto the other rootstock.

Is the tree we call a pecan in the USA called a hickory in the UK? or is it the hickory nut that is called a pecan?

OR. . . . . is the show wrong?

 

[rolmops]

Re: Is a hickory a pecan in the UK?

The show is right.
The Pecan is the largest member of the hickory family.
It does take a Brit to call the pecan tree a hickory.

 

[Barnacle_Bill]

Re: Is a hickory a pecan in the UK?

Interesting. I've been eating Hickory pies all my life.

 

[i386]

Re: Is a hickory a pecan in the UK?

There's nothing like a nice piece of hickory.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Re: Is a hickory a pecan in the UK?

Here ya go JB.
http://www.vegparadise.com/highestperch65.html