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Is this the fruit that Chileans put into icecream? If so it has a pleasant
flavour but I understand that the fruit itself is not edible out-of-hand.

Richard

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> Date: Mon Jul 28 13:45:14 2003
> From: "Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>
> Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Chilean Guava
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> Pete,
> The arboretum in Seattle has a few of these growing.  I checked them last
> week.  They were in bloom, but so far no fruit has set.  They are scrubby
> looking bushes only a couple of feet high.  They might be too young to set
> fruit.
> -Mark Lee, Seattle zone 7A/8B
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> [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Pete B
>   Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 5:15 PM
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>   Subject: [NAFEX] Chilean Guava
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> 
>   Hello
>   Has anyone tried the Chilean Guava....Myrtus ugni.sp???
>   It looks interesting, but have no idea how it fruits, availability or
> taste. Think it will make it ok here in zone 8b in Louisiana.
>   Thanks, Pete
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