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  • From: Jay Cutts <orders@cuttsreviews.com>
  • To: Henry via nafex <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [nafex] raw chestnuts
  • Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2022 17:14:36 -0700

I've read some articles that say that raw chestnuts contain tannic acid and may be harmful. Other articles say that's nonsense.

I don't taste any tannic acid at all in raw chestnuts.  Wouldn't I detect an astringency if there was even a small amount?

I usually remove the outer husk and then soak the nut for half a day. Then I can remove the skin around the nut. No bitterness. Sometimes I find a nut that doesn't even need soaking because it is still soft. Still no bitterness.

Any insights?

Regards,

Jay

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On 8/6/2022 7:25 AM, Henry via nafex wrote:
Bob,

Thanks. This confirms they are worth trying in Minnesota!

We will be selling 6 seedlings in a pack, so that should cover the gender
issue.

Now the difficult task of estimating how many people will want!

--Henry Fieldseth
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, zone 4
http://www.FriendsSchoolPlantSale.com


On Friday, August 5, 2022, 11:16:31 AM CDT, Bors, Bob
<bob.bors@usask.ca> wrote:
Hi Henry,

The musk strawberry Fragaria moschata is super cold hardy.
In my grad school days in Ontario, I recall we had a freak early winter
rainfall that fell on frozen ground.
Plants stayed imbedded in ice most of the winter.
This killed off a huge % strawberries, but not  F. Mochata. It did fine.

Its musky flavor is somewhat like concord grapes.
Berries can be as big as an inch.
It has 6 chromosomes while regular strawberries have 8.
Although an accession or two have complete flowers, mostly they have male and
female plants. So that would be problematic to sell both types.
I'm not sure where to get them commercially.
I got some from the genebank in Corvallis years ago.  I don't have them
anymore.

Cheers,


Bob Bors, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Head of the Fruit Program
Dept. of Plant Sciences
51 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8 Canada
www.fruit.usask.ca


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I buy plants for the Friends School Plant Sale in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Strawberries were very popular last year and sold out quickly, so we want to
add some new varieties.

A customer requested the European musk strawberry, but none of us know
anything about it.

Specifically, we want to know if it would be a good candidate for
mid-continental Zone 4.

--Henry Fieldseth
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
http://www.FriendsSchoolPlantSale.com
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