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  • From: Ginda Fisher <ginda@concentric.net>
  • To: jhecksel@voyager.net
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Male Persimmon
  • Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 00:04:01 -0500

Sassafras is a weed! The roots taste nice, but I heard they are
carcinogenic.

jhecksel@voyager.net wrote:
>
> Hello all:
>
> As you guessed, I do intend to use the results as yard trees.
>
> The female persimmons and unselected males have pretty clean foliage
> right up to the end. I suspect that Michigan has lower humidity than
> Tennesee/North Carolina....or at least shorter periods of high
> temp/humidity. I do know a couple of ways to enhance fall color but
> they are borderline cruel. One is to starve them for Nitrogen. The
> other is to wrap about three turns of barbed wire around the trunk.
> Better to start with trees that *want* to give you fall color.
>
> Persimmons are pretty little trees. The larger leaved selections have
> a tropical look to them. I think they would be spectacular with hot
> orange-to-scarlet fall colors. Sassafras was a consideration (for
> color) but they seem to be easily damaged in ice storms.
>
> Joe Hecksel
> Eaton Rapids, Michigan
>
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