FOR RELEASE
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Lindsey Gast
John Williams
813/251-4242

Chairman, Georgia Pecan Commission
Phone: (800) 235-5289 or (229) 273-4548

Areas of Expertise:
-- Industry Trends
-- Growth/Species Background
-- Industry Research & Education
-- Insight from the grower perspective

Darrell Sparks, Ph.D., Pecan Specialist
Department of Horticulture
University of Georgia (Athens, Ga.)
Phone: (706) 542-2471
(NOTE: Dr. Sparks, an authority on pecans, is the author of Pecan Cultivars: The Orchard's Foundation)

Areas of Expertise:
-- Horticultural background
-- Background on pecan cultivars
(or cultivated varieties of pecans)

Information
Contacts: John Williams
Sahlman Williams
Phone: (813) 251-4242

Call for:
-- Sources/Interviews with Pecan Experts
-- Recipes
-- Nutrition Information
-- History/Background