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In a message dated 11/15/00 8:32:24 AM, tolenio@sentex.net writes:

<< Hello,

What exactly is a Hawthorn?  Is a wild thorned apple a Hawthorn?

Is Hawthorn a word of various meanings?

Regards,
Tom >>

Hawthorn commonly refers to genus Crataegus.  It is a huge genus and in 
process of speciation, so there is controversy about where one species stops 
and another begins.  The hawthorns tend to be pioneer shrubs that often 
occupy difficult sites.  They are, of course, members of the rose family, and 
pomes, closely related to apple, pear, quince, etc.  How about compatibility 
with Loquat grafts?  Anyone tried that?

DH

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