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["David Consolvo" <fruitopia@nexet.net>]

I planted a Swiss pine about seven years ago and two Korean pines about five 
years ago, happy to wait the 20 years I'd heard it takes for them to start 
producing.  I figured the longer the wait the more satisfying the nuts.

But it seems I'll have even longer to wait, as the Swiss pine is only a 
spindly six feet tall and the Korean pines, though very full and health 
looking, are only about three feet tall.  A friend's pine nut tree is 15-20 
years old and is about the same size.  I'd heard they need the right 
mycorhiz....fungus in the soil to grow well, and that white pines have it, so 
I'd dug up soil around two different white pine patches and spread around my 
pine nut trees.  Perhaps that's why mine have soared so fast at half a foot a 
year.

Later I tried planting seeds of pine nuts, but got no germination.  I was 
surprised to see how hard the shell is for such small nuts.  I make lots of 
pesto from scratch with store-bought pine nuts, which is time consuming 
enough, but if I had to crack open each shell it would take all day! 

David Consolvo
Hungrytown, Virginia
Zone 7


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Gene Spears" <Spears@LMC.edu>
Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date:  Sat, 27 Dec 2003 10:56:49 -0500

>
>       I am wondering if anyone has first-hand experience with Korean pine 
> nuts, or any of the edible pine nuts.  How productive are the trees, how 
> tasty are the nuts and how difficult are they to prepare for eating?  I'm 
> thinking of planting a few here in NW NC (zone 6 - southern ski country) 
> but would like to hear from someone who has some experience with them.
>       I'm also curious whether anyone has information on the edibility of 
> paw-paw (Asimina) seeds.  The fruit I've run across is chock full of big 
> seeds - any use for these besides making more paw-paw trees?
>
>thanks in advance,
>
>gene
>spears@lmc.edu
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