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[rob hamilton <lostman_amiga@yahoo.com>]

I would be interested in what you find out. A friend
and I are interested in finding a cold hardy or a very
early fruiting loquat.  I am told the there is an
article witten in abouit hardy loquats in the
Horticultural Rewiew volume 23 page 240 by edited by
Janick.  But I dont have a local resource for that
publicaton. I also know there is also an active
breeding program in china, I dont know the details.

What we are thinking of doing is growing a few as
dwarfs (by either bonsaing them or grafting them on to
dwarf quince rootstock). This way protection could be
a bit easier.  This seem to be the onlt way to get
fruit in Atlanta,GA (zone 7b/8) right now.

If you plan to go to the SFF meeting, I would like to
talk to you further about this. 


--- Faye and Ned Rahn <plantfolks@yahoo.com> wrote:
> This is my second attempt to post to the message
> board
> - hope I get it right this time. 
> 
> I live in zone 8b, where loquats are used in the
> landscape and where the winters are mild enough for
> them to sometimes bear fruit. Loquats bloom and set
> fruit in the winter, which makes the fruit itself
> subject to freeze damage at or below 25 degrees f,
> while the tree can handle 15 degrees or so. I have
> observed that individual trees seem to vary a great
> deal in their ability to fruit after being subjected
> to freezing temperatures. This winter brought one 19
> degree night and several nights where the temps
> dropped to 25 or less. I have collected seed and
> budwood from several local trees that fruited
> despite
> the freezes. Also, friend that lives North of me
> took
> me to two trees, near his home, that fruited after a
> low of 13 degrees.  The fruit was above average in
> size and very tasty.  These two trees were next to
> brick buildings, which I would guess helped, but I
> don't think the buildings alone can explain why the
> trees fruited. I am hoping that they simply more
> cold
> tolerant.
>  
> This has got me to wondering what others might have
> observed in regards loquats fruiting after winter
> freezes.  Also, I have some seed  from one of the
> trees that fruited after the low of 13, which I
> would
> be happy to share. 
>  
> Ned
> 
> 
> 
> 
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