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["Donna &/or Kieran" <holycow@cookeville.com>]

Hans,
    I was quite startled to look at images of S. domestica on Google.  I 
never saw this plant in England when I lived there in the late 70's, and a 
map showed it is not native there.  I would indeed like to try it here as I 
see it will take heat.  Humidity is another matter, we have lots of that 
here and lots of fireblight.  I don't think we have any DIFFERENT diseases 
here, only conditions where the usual ones grow quicker.  Given that, it 
would be much wiser to grow from seed in hopes of getting something with 
some resistance rather than trying any kind of selection from a place where 
it grows easily.  Lon offered seed, that would be good.  Is it legal to send 
seed of Sorbus from Europe?  Some of these things are ok, some (like stone 
fruits) are not.
   As a side note, if things keep getting hotter in Europe, you all may 
need some new cultivars there too.     Donna