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I have 5 Swiss Stone Pines that are in the 10-12 foot range.  I get some
cone production, but have yet to find a seed that wasn't a blank.  Will this
problem "cure" itself in time?  I thought perhaps that my trees were too
similar genetically and might not be suitable for pollinizing each other.  I
purchased them B&B from a Minnsesota nursery about 10 years ago, all at the
same time.

Steve herje, Lone Rock, WI USDA zone 3
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pine nuts and Paw-Paw seeds


> David,
> My Swiss Stone Pine was 13 years old before it produced it's first nuts.
It
> is 18 years old now and about 15 feet high.  I have a Pinyon Pine (New
> Mexico seed source) that is even older.  It is only 3 feet high and has
> never shown any signs of making cones.  There is probably a pinenut tree
> that can thrive in whatever environmental niche you have.
> -Mark
>
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> [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of David Consolvo
> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 12:38 PM
> To: North American Fruit Explorers
> Subject: [JunkMail] Re: [NAFEX] Pine nuts and Paw-Paw seeds
>
>
> 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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