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Mr. Puryear, along with his business partner, owns Pioneer Nursery in Visalia, California. Pioneer Nursery has been the primary supplier of pistachio rootstock to California for over 30 years. Its patented Pioneer gold rootstock, which is Verticillium wilt-resistant, is the variety of choice by most California growers. More than three million Pioneer Gold trees have been planted in California orchards since release in 1981.
Mr. Puryear is Secretary and a Board Member of Pistachio Growers, Inc., a California Co-op responsible for marketing its members' pistachio production.
A Commissioner of the California Pistachio Commission from 1989 through 1994, he was re-elected in 1998 through 2004.
Currently, Mr. Puryear is involved in several other successful partnerships and corporations specializing in plant breeding, farm management and pistachio developments | 