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["Jim Fruth" <jfruth@tds.net>]

Bill,
   Master Gardeners (an ambiguous title) are only allowed to repeat what is 
in the reference book.  Even if the book is wrong, they are only allowed to 
cite that book.
   If I depended on local, even State, information, I wouldn't be growing 
most of what I grow.  Back when I used to ask for local information, the 
best I got was, "I didn't know that grew in Minnesota."  Depend on NAFEXers; 
there is usually someone who has a reliable answer to your questions.

Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
For jams, jellies & syrups:
www.bberryfarm.com
(218)568-8483 [Store]
(218)831-7018 [My Cell]

I've found that the Internet has lots of information, and of course this
NAFEX list is great, but it's really hard to get information locally,...
and sometimes that's what I really need. The county extension office
told me that the university hadn't replaced their fruit specialist, and
their master gardeners were a bit dumbfounded by some of my questions
(about pluots and apriums, intense backyard orchard cultivation, etc.).
Well, maybe when I'm old and gray - er, older and grayer - I'll be the
local expert, huh? Heh, heh. Not likely!

Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)