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["Bill Russell" <shaman@pennswoods.net>]

Once you get used to the unfamiliar texture of Kousa fruit, you can prune
the branches to get much larger fruit. The larger fruits are easier and more
pleasant to eat.

Bill

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doreen Howard" <doreenh@ticon.net>
To: <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: [nafex] Hmm. Kousa fruits. Not bad...


> 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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