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[Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>]

At 11:19 AM 3/17/2005 -0600, Steve H.  wrote:
> I have planted that Hawthorne from Mr. Fahey.  So far it is about 3' tall
> and has shown no damage at -30F, but it has been subject to Hawthorne rust.
> It's not defoliated, but isn't particularly attractive if you was the plant
> for edible landscaping.
I've got a seedling of it, and my experience has been similar, it has some 
rust lesions on the branches - I pruned them off last weekend, when I 
planted it out in a somewhat boggy spot alongside and below the driveway 
with some grafted mayhaws, pawpaws, and seedling redbuds.  But, it did have 
pretty good red fall color for me last year.

Lucky