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["Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>]

Charlie,
I looked up Cornus kousa in the Plant for a Future database:
http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Cornus+kousa&CAN=LATIND
Under the heading "Known Hazards" it lists "None known".  It is interesting
that you experienced an affect on your heart.  I also would be interested in
hearing from anyone that has experienced any health effects.  Maybe Lucky
will turn up something with the bags of fruit he is sharing with his
friends.
-Mark Lee, Seattle

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Charles Paradise
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 11:24 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Kousa dogwood fruits


Lucky,
A Korean Dogwood grew at the corner of the house I grew up in, it set
quarter-size fruit.  I
observed the squirrels feeding on it, eventually tried it myself, and
decided it was absolutely
delicious.   I might compare its flavor a little to banana, or pawpaw.

I stopped eating it when I found my heart racing and skipping beats after
eating it.   Has anyone
else ever noticed this effect?   It's a shame because its a high quality
easy fruit from a care
free tree.
Charlie Paradise
Massachusetts/zone 5

Lucky Pittman wrote:

> Folks,
> After picking up my son from football practice yesterday afternoon, I
swung
> by the big Methodist church, down on that end of town, where they've got a
> half-dozen or so nice big Kousa dogwoods planted.  They have heavy fruit
> loads this  year, which are ripening and beginning to drop.  Picked up
> about a half a plastic grocery bag full of fruits.  Tastier and less
gritty
> than they have been in years past - perhaps they've been watering a little
> more this summer than in years past.
> I've never really paid much attention to the trees when in bloom, and
> haven't really looked to see if they're grafted specimens or just
seedlings
> -  the "Milky Way" strain, is composed of seedlings grown from a group of
> 15-20 select seedlings that were selected years ago for their particularly
> floriferous habit.
> One of the trees seems to produce a significantly larger fruit, and I may
> have to snitch a cutting or two this winter and try my hand at grafting it
> - don't know if it's a "Big Apple", a seedling with larger fruit size, or
> perhaps just has a better microenvironment.
>
> Anyway, they're pretty tasty - and no one I've shared the fruits with
today
> at work has turned up their nose, or gone spitting to the garbage can,
like
> they often do with the Cornus mas fruits.
>
> Lucky Pittman
> USDA Zone 6
> Hopkinsville, KY

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