<P> Additionally , remains of the Atlantic pistachio and pistachio seed along with nut - cracking tools were discovered by archaeologists at the Gesher Benot Ya'aqov site in Israel 's Hula Valley , dated to 780,000 years ago . More recently , the pistachio has been cultivated commercially in many parts of the English - speaking world , in Australia , and in New Mexico and California , of the United States , where it was introduced in 1854 as a garden tree . David Fairchild of the United States Department of Agriculture introduced hardier cultivars collected in China to California in 1904 and 1905 , but it was not promoted as a commercial crop until 1929 . Walter T. Swingle 's pistachios from Syria had already fruited well at Niles , California , by 1917 . </P>
<P> Additionally , remains of the Atlantic pistachio and pistachio seed along with nut - cracking tools were discovered by archaeologists at the Gesher Benot Ya'aqov site in Israel 's Hula Valley , dated to 780,000 years ago . More recently , the pistachio has been cultivated commercially in many parts of the English - speaking world , in Australia , and in New Mexico and California , of the United States , where it was introduced in 1854 as a garden tree . David Fairchild of the United States Department of Agriculture introduced hardier cultivars collected in China to California in 1904 and 1905 , but it was not promoted as a commercial crop until 1929 . Walter T. Swingle 's pistachios from Syria had already fruited well at Niles , California , by 1917 . </P>
where do pistachio trees grow in the u s
where do pistachio trees grow in the u s
New Mexico and California
New Mexico and California