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In a message dated 11/27/2005 8:08:51 AM US Eastern Standard Time, list@ginda.us writes:

> Has anyone tried importing Kaki seeds or other material from the 
> northern edge of its natural range?  There's often a zone or two 
> difference in the hardiness of plants depending on where the parent 
> stock originated
.


Hi Ginda,

Yes, about four years ago I had a Chinaman send me about 12 kaki seed from north of Beijing. I asked for seeds from undomesticated kaki. Brought them in legally through APHIS. They croaked the first winter and I mulched to protect the shallow roots that first winter.  

Jerry