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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

SAM, FWIW, there is a very large female tree at the capitol in Salem, since
you are in Oregon.  It produces quantities of fruit every year (phew, does
it ever).  You have to be quick now, though, as the Asians have discovered
it and they collect the fruit for the seeds, which they eat.  You could get
scions from it and graft them to some of your trees.
-Lon Rombough

> I checked with the OS extension service and the only thing they could
> come up with is that they are extremely sensitive to herbacides. They
> are used as indicator trees in determining the presence of herbacides. I
> had sprayed roundup and 2-4-D in their vicinity this spring. I have
> sprayed in other years too, but maybe this year they were more
> susceptible. No spray has ever gotten on them directly though.
> I have been hoping to get some fruit but none so far. Maybe all my trees
> are male.
> The ES said they are not popular trees in our area because of the
> extremely slow growth.
> They know of 5 trees at a local country club and that is it.
> Sam
>