Dr. Charlie Graham, LSU AgCenter horticulturist, reduces the crop load by hand thinning nut clusters from a tree lift. LSU AgCenter Pecan Research-Extension Station crew workers lay out tarpaulins to make collecting nuts that will be mechanically shaken from the tree easier. Nuts that were shaken from the tree fall on the tarpaulins.

Addie Gibson, LSU AgCenter horticulture research associate, thins nut clusters by hand from a ladder. A mechanical shaker is used to shake nuts from a tree. Dr. R. S. Sanderlin, LSU AgCenter plant pathologist, helps crew workers gather pecans to be bagged.