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  • From: "Donna &/or Kieran" <holycow@cookeville.com>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Trees for Tibet
  • Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 22:49:07 -0500

\xFF\xFE<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mark,&nbsp; </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What zone are you in?&nbsp; Here at last I need the zone map of China I found years ago, but it's in storage!&nbsp; I know that Badgersett Farms in Minnesota has been working with hazels and chestnuts for zone 3.&nbsp; I doubt that it would be legal or ethical to import his seeds... actually some of his chestnuts have been planted in China so I guess that would be ok.&nbsp; I don't know if the American filbert blight can be carried in seed, does anyone know?&nbsp; To your your west and south, white mulberries were a staple crop in Afghanistan.&nbsp; People would sweep the ground under the trees and let the fruit dry on the ground.&nbsp; The dried fruit can be winnowed to get rid of stems, dust and ants.&nbsp; Donna </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>


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