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[Bernie Nikolai <BNikolai@shaw.ca>]

Thanks Sam, but I already have.  They can sometimes provide small
quantities, say a couple of hundred pits.  Its just surprisingly rare to
have any quantities of sweet cherry pits.  They are almost always sold
fresh, not processed, which means large quantities of pits are simply not
available.  This is my guess as to why there are no sweet cherries for zone
3.  You need many, many plants to find the one in 10,000 that is hardy
enough. Still looking however...
Bernie Nikolai
Edmonton, Alberta
-39.6C on my outside digital thermometer as I type

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brungardt, Sam" <Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 6:22 AM
Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Finding sweet cherry pits


Bernie, have you considered asking the researchers at any of the federal
or provincial research facilities, such as Summerland, B.C., and Harrow,
Ont., as possible seed sources?  Seems as though one might not only get
seed of commercial cultivars but possibly seed of selections being
evaluated that have the genetic ability to survive in colder areas.  --
Sam Brungardt, St. Paul, Minn.

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Bernie Nikolai
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 10:46 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Finding sweet cherry pits


Hi Dean, I have tried these sources as well.  They always heat the pits
to kill bacteria to about 220F.  This means they won't sprout.  Also
they only use tart cherry pits.  It is rare to get sweet cherry pits, as
the vast majority of the product is sold fresh.  But if anyone on this
list knows where I can get 50 lbs or so of viable sweet cherry pits, I'd
love to try my experiment. Bernie Nikolai Edmonton, Alberta -36C tonight
with -46C windchill

Dean wrote:
> I was told by a worker at the U of Saskatchewan that a lady was
> selling commercially heating bags that you pit in the freezer or
> microwave using cherry pits instead of wheat, or rice.  He said that
> she gets a semi truck from B.C. every year to Saskatoon.  I guess it
> is possible.
>
> Unfortunately, I don't have any contact with this person.
>
> Dean Kreutzer
> Regina, Saskatchewan Canada
> USDA zone 3
> www.overthehillorchards.ca
>
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