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  • From: Michael Nave <jmichaelnave@yahoo.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] dwarf almonds
  • Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 21:46:29 -0700 (PDT)

That is very interesting. Someone should try to cross
it with Prunus dulcis to get a more cold hardy almond.
I assume someone has done that but I have never heard
about it.



--- "Brungardt, Sam" <Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us>
wrote:

> There's some good info on P. tenella at
>
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Prunus+tenella.
> -- Sam
> Brungardt, St. Paul, Minn.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf
> Of Lon J. Rombough
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 11:11 PM
> To: North American Fruit Explorers
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] dwarf almonds
>
>
> Sounds like Prunus tenella. Tom Plocher in Hugo, MN
> said he had some
> bushes of that species that produced 300 nuts per
> bush after -40 F. The
> species is sold as an ornamental by several
> nurseries. They are bitter,
> so the nuts have to be cooked to be safely edible.
> -Lon Rombough
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> On Jun 6, 2007, at 9:03 PM, mIEKAL aND wrote:
>
> These were from Bear Creek, labelled hardy dwarf
> almonds. I seem to
> remember them being described as ornamental which is
> why I'm
> surprised to see nuts setting on them. They're at
> least 7-8 years
> old & tho they've flowered before they have never
> set nuts before.
> (& there has been a lot of die-back over the years
> tho this year they
> all look vigorous & leafed out.) Odd.
>
> ~mIEKAL
>
>
> On Jun 6, 2007, at 8:58 PM, Michael Nave wrote:
>
>
> Where did you get your hardy dwarf almonds?
>
>
> --- mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net> wrote:
>
>
> These little trees have made it thru days of 35
> below... I'm in zone
> 4. There's species that hardy that are sweet?
>
> I'd be tickled to get a few edible a'monds.
>
> ~mIEKAL
>
>
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