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

Title: FW: sources for Mongolia

If you have help or suggestions for Forest Shomer, below, please contact him directly.

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From: Forest Shomer <ziraat@olympus.net>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 09:40:01 -0700
Subject: sources for Mongolia

Hi Lon,

I'm on the board of a charitable group that has an ag project in 
Mongolia. One of our current interests is to locate suitable material 
and introduce fruits that could endure under the harsh conditions of 
the high steppe climate--most similar to Wyoming in some ways. That 
state is of course not associated in one's mind with fruit growing.

My best guess is to make contact with Canadian sources. I recall that 
Pomona often has supported discussion of the raising of Amelanchier 
spp. in Alberta and surrounding areas, along with some other berry 
and apple cultivars that have been produced there. Can you help put 
me in touch with even one good contact in that region? It need not be 
commercial--a home researcher or university contact might serve 
equally well.

We know that historically, the Russians who ran Mongolia for 60 years 
had introduced Sea Buckthorn cultivars. Some members of Rubus or Rosa 
genera are probably likely candidates. The kiwi group seems like a 
direction to turn, too.

Thanks for any help you can  provide, best,

Forest

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Inside Passage Seeds and Native Plant Services
Forest Shomer, owner
Port Townsend, WA, USA
ziraat@olympus.net
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