The Quay County Pecan Show sponsored by the Quay County Extension office is part of the Festival of Trees  on Dec. 6 at the Tucumcari Convention Center.
According to an Extension Service press release,  here are the entry guidelines:
l Entries are due to Extension Office at 5 p.m. on Dec. 5.     
l Pecans must be from growers 2008 crop.
l Quay County growers only.
l Each entry must consist of 40 pecans of the same variety.  Mixed varieties  will be disqualified.
l Do not submit cracked nuts.
l Submit pecan in a brown paper sack with name and address. If the variety is unkown, the judge will place in variety and class.
l Pecans will be exhibited in their natural state.
l Entries will be shown and judged by variety.  Judging will be on Dec. 6 at the Festival of Trees.
l Pecans that do not qualify for the State Pecan show can be picked up at the Extension office on Monday. All entries not picked up after that time will become property of the Extension office.            
l Pecans will be exhibited for public viewing at 1-5 p.m. at the Festival of  Trees.

Guidelines for selecting pecans for county show entries:
l Participants are limited to one entry of each variety they grow.   The grower may enter as many seedlings, known hybrids or natives as he or she wishes.
l  Exhibitors must be the grower.
l A minimum of 40 pecans are necessary for each entry. The sample should represent the variety and be uniform in size and shell color. Mixed  samples (more than one variety in an entry) are disqualified.
l Growers may select the heaviest pecans by weighing individual nuts.
l A varietal entry may include nuts from more than one tree.
l Nuts should be without insect and disease damage.
l The pecans should be free of dust, dirt, and shuck remnants. They should not be buffed to the extent that shape or color is altered.
l Discolored shells and kernels may result from peeling pecans from the shucks too  early.
l Pecans are judged on  size (number per pound), appearances and shell     color. Kernel quality is based on the percent kernel, color, general appearance, texture, hollowness, taste, freeze and spots.
For information call Tom at 461 0562.