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I understand that Actinidia kolomikta, one of the hardy kiwis, is
somewhat shade tolerant. It is said to be cold-hardy to Agriculture
Canada zone 4, much the same as USDA zone 4.

About grape size, very high in vitamin C (around 300 mg/100 g if I
recall rightly), pleasant flavour. They are supposed to be fairly
easy to grow. A friend who has experience with them considers
them suitable for organic methods.

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada


On Sun, 19 Nov 2006, BekeeprTop@aol.com wrote:

> Well here's my update to my plant-under-red-pines challenge:
>
> 1] the first limbs of the red pine have become quite elevated over the years,
> in fact its up to 10' to the first limbs of the red pines, which might be
> [wild guess] 25' tall.
>
> 2] a wild grape is all the way to the top.   I will transplant a grape in
> under one of the climbing wild vines, offering the wild vine for the domestic
> vine to climb up.  To keep the fruit in reach, I will prune the domestic vine 
> at
> 6' or 10' each year.
>
> 3] Since I have 2-yr mulberries once transplanted available, I will
> transplant two of these as well.   These will not grow in full shade.  There 
> clearlly
> is some light making it through to this area, and as said the red pines have
> abandoned covering the ground [why I don't know, many trees would not concede
> light at their feet].

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