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[Suzi Teghtmeyer <srt175f@smsu.edu>]

Fruit, Berry & Nut Inventory (3rd ed.) is available at the
publisher's website:
http://www.seedsavers.org/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=2000&Product_Code=B473&Category_Code=ssepublications

If the link above doesn't work, goto
http://www.seedsavers.org/ 
,  and at the bottom of the page in small letters click on SSE
Publications.  That will take you to the books, including the
FBNI.

----Suzi Teghtmeyer
Head Librarian, Paul Evans Library of Fruit Science
SMSU Research Campus and Missouri Fruit Experiment Station
9740 Red Spring Rd, Mountain Grove, MO 65711
Phone: 417-926-4105, Fax: 417-926-6646,  email:
srt175f@smsu.edu
URL:
http://library.smsu.edu/paulevans/pelIndex.htm
Member: CBHL, USAIN, ALA, ACRL

At 12:59 PM 02/25/2001 +0000, you wrote:
> John,
> I have the book, and from what I've seen on the group lately, I think
> it's been
> revised and updated. The information in it is only as accurate as those
> who sent
> it to the keepers of the list knew to make it. In other words, if they
> say they
> have variety such & such but they received it mislabeled, then they
> don't really
> have it. The inventory is not verified by anyone other than the owners of
> each
> collection or nursery. It's a very extensive source of varieties
> .............vic
>
> "John K. Fears" wrote:
>
> > Is the Fruit, Berry & Nut Inventory a website?  If not,
> where do I see it?
> > John Fears
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "victoria l. caron" <vicaron@gis.net>
> > To: <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 8:45 AM
> > Subject: Re: [nafex] Unusual Tasting Apples - Anise
> >
> > > Hi Mike,
> > > Court-Pendu Plat is listed in the Fruit Berry & Nut
> Inventory as being
> > available at
> > > the following locations:
> > > Tom Burford's, Richard Fahey's, Classical Fruits, Greenmantle
> Nursery, the
> > Living
> > > Tree Centre, Southmeadow Fruit Gardens and Sonoma Antique Apple
> Nursery.
> > There are
> > > also other's not listed in this work that have this apple but
> that
> > information is
> > > at home in my other computer. Let me know which, if any,
> addresses you
> > want if they
> > > don't come up in a search. Good luck.............vic
> > > mike tomlinson wrote:
> > > > I have not tasted it and in fact am looking for a scion of
> it to graft this
> > > > spring. does anyone know where I can get a cutting?
> > > > Mike


> > > > Tom Olenio wrote:
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > > Has anyone on-list tasted a Court Pendu Plat (Wise
> Apple) apple?  I have read
> > > > > of an anise taste, which I believe is like
> licorice.
> > > > > Image of apple: 
> http://www.nfc.u-net.com/Pendu.jpg
> > > > > "COURT PENDU PLAT. (short hanging flat) is
> ancient apple believed to date
> > > > > from Roman days. It is flat with a very short stem
> causing it to lay against
> > > > > the stem like a peach. It is bright yellow flushed
> with rose over a fawn
> > > > > russet skin giving an
> > > > > appearance much like Italian marble. Leroy, the great
> French pomologist,
> > > > > referred to its "after taste of musky anise
> deliciously perfuming the mouth."
> > > > > Written by Theo C. J. Grootendorst.
> > > > > Has anyone grafted Court Pendu Plat to M7
> rootstock?
> > > > > It is supposed to be a small tree on its own roots,
> and wonder what size tree
> > > > > this grafting would produce.
> > > > > It is known as the Wise Apple, as it flowers late
> avoiding frosts, has late
> > > > > ripening fruit, that will store till April.
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Tom

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