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  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Ugni molinae
  • Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 18:01:17 -0400

I'd just like to remind people east of the rockies to be cautious of ordering plants from west of the rockies, especially places where sudden oak death may be endemic.

It may be too late to stop it's spread, but I don't want to be the one who introduces it to my neighborhood.

Ginda

On Sep 20, 2004, at 3:14 PM, Mark Lee wrote:

Robert,
A number of mail order nurseries carry this plant. I didn't write down
the name of the wholesale nursery, but it was somewhere in Oregon. If
you want to ask the retail place I was at directly, here is a link to
their webpage, which has e-mail and phone contact info on it. The tag
on the plant said Chilean Guava, and then in small print it said Ugni
molinae.
-Mark Lee
http://www.skynursery.com/doc/contact.htm


-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of rob hamilton
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 12:02 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Ugni molinae

Do the plants have a tag with the grower or wholesale
place on it. I would like to give them a try as well.

Robert

--- Mark Lee <markl@nytec.com> wrote:

I have a small 3 inch plant of Ugni molinae, aka
Chilean Guava. This
past weekend I was browsing through a local nursery
and spotted a couple
pots of these plants, both with fruit. I picked one
of the
blueberry-sized berries and got my first taste of
this fruit that is
marginally hardy in Seattle. The flavor reminded me
of alpine
strawberries... pineapple and other fruitiness. It
also reminded of the
classic potluck dish of orange jello and pineapple
chunks. I look
forward to my first harvest in the coming years.
-Mark Lee, Seattle, zone 8a





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