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["Doreen Howard" <doreenh@ticon.net>]

Last month, I was at the Univ. of WI in Madison to pick up some purple
carrots and orange-fleshed cucumbers for photography purposes.  In the lobby
of the greenhouse complex was a table full of Kousa branches and fruits, all
harvested in the test fields of the University, a couple of miles to the
west.  The sign said to help yourself and rate the fruits on a chart.  I ate
only two of them.  The texture was off-putting and I found the flavor of one
to be like very over-ripe and rotted peaches and the second one to be bland
with little complexity.  I didn't pay enough attention to note which
varieties I sampled.  By this time I had decided that the C. Kousa was not
something I would plant.  I have a C. mas and can hardly wait for it to
fruit--hopefully next season.
Doreen Howard

-----Original Message-----
From: Ginda Fisher <ginda@concentric.net>
To: nafex@yahoogroups.com <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Thursday, October 04, 2001 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: [nafex] Hmm. Kousa fruits. Not bad...


>I also tasted some C. Kousa fruits the other day, on the property of a
>local school.  My husband was a bit concerned as I said, "I've always
>wondered what these taste like", and proceeded to find out.  (He was
>less concerned after I assured him I knew what the plant was, and that
>it wasn't toxic.)
>
>I didn't try to eat the whole fruit, but broke off a point and sucked
>out the flesh.  Even so, I didn't like the consistency, but was
>impressed by the flavor, which reminded me of mango.
>
>Ginda
>
>Lucky Pittman wrote:
>>
>> While my youngest son was at flag football practice Tuesday afternoon,  I
>> took a turn around the grounds of the Methodist Church where the wife of
a
>> coworker has been coordinating landscape plantings.  Came across a couple
>> of kousa dogwoods(C.kousa), sporting large(1" diameter) ripe, red
>> fruits.  I'd seen photos of them, but this was the first time I'd seen
one
>> 'up close and personal'.  They were larger than I'd anticipated.
>> Popped one in my mouth and savored the tasty pulp.  The exterior was not
>> especially tasty, and kind of gritty.  After chewing up a couple, I
decided
>> they were much better if I just plucked the stem off and more or less
>> sucked the pulp out.  Not quite as tasty as a good pawpaw or persimmon,
but
>> not too bad.
>> Even my wife liked 'em.  They got a better reception than did the
>> corneliancherry dogwood(C.mas) fruits.
>> Lucky Pittman
>> USDA Zone 6
>> Hopkinsville, KY
>>
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