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

http://www.itmonline.org/arts/crataegus.htm

The link above contains an article called "HAWTHORN (CRATAEGUS) FOOD AND
MEDICINE IN CHINA" by Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D., Director, Institute
for Traditional Medicine, Portland, Oregon.  I found the article and
pictures to be informative and unlike anything I have seen on the web
related to the use of hawthorn fruit.  It says that there is a factory
in Hebei Province called Chengde Qingsongling Beverage Group Company
that makes a cola drink flavored with hawthorn.  That's unusual.  Has
anyone tried this?  I would like to get a six pack of this for my next
party.

Another interesting comment is ... "One production line produces a
liquid drink from the seed of hawthorn."  I wasn't aware that hawthorn
seeds were edible.  Can anyone fill me in on this?

Thanks,
Mark Lee, Seattle