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["K Q" <kumquat@operamail.com>]

Mr. Black,

could you look at this link and see if one of them is the gardens you speak 
of? Anybody else know which garden is fruit oriented in Seattle?

http://tinyurl.com/2j8att

Thank you.

Ken




> On Sep 21, 2007, at 8:38 AM, h black wrote:
> 
> There are some large specimens at the Seattle Botanical Gardens.? The
> fruit is quite beautiful.? Like a head of elderberries, maybe 10-15
> fruits size of a cherry, some shaped like little pears with blush on
> the cheek, some like little apples.? They're not bad tasting, but not
> as good as a pear.? Interesting strong flavor, pear-like texture.? Tree
> must be 40 ft.? But we've had trouble growing them in the heat of
> middle TN.? Fungus disease and apple borers down on the trunk.?? Hector
> Black zone 6 middle tn.

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