In Bulloch and surrounding counties, Hurricane Matthew caused lasting damage to pecan orchards and put a Grinch-like whammy on what promised to be a fine 2016 crop for Thanksgiving pies, Christmas fruitcake and export to China. "We had a good crop and we were getting fairly close to beginning harvest," said Bill Tyson, University of Georgia Bulloch County Extension coordinator. "Some of those trees that went down still had about three weeks before the nuts would have been mature, and that's kind of what's causing the problem now."