Edible Lower Alabama

Tucker Pecan Company: A Family Business Three Generations Strong

• Photo by Erika Tracy

  Tucker Pecan Company's vice president, Leslie Tucker, is granddaughter of the company's founder. She is seen here with president David Little.

• Photo by Erika Tracy

  Tucker Pecan Company shells 120,000 pounds of pecans a year.

• Photo by Erika Tracy

  "Pecans from the southeast taste brighter, are prettier and have a different flavor than those grown in other parts of the country," says Tucker Pecan president David Little.

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  Sixty years later, Tucker Pecan runs its business in much the same way, using many of the original pieces of machinery.

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  In its on-site candy-making kitchen, Tucker Pecan experiments with sweet and savory creations.

• Photo by Erika Tracy

  The confections can be bought at the Tucker Pecan retail store, which is right in front of the shelling facility, or ordered online.