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On Nov 28, 2007, at 7:17 AM, loneroc wrote:

> <x-tad-smaller>Check with the germplasm repository at Cornwallis.  Yesterday I received runners of the 'Fairfax' strawberry that I requested from them via e-mail last spring.  No cost whatsoever and they were Fed-Exed overnight to my door.  Good work USDA!! (I don't have cause to praise them too often.)  I stuck 'em in pots--should be no trouble--roots were already forming.</x-tad-smaller>
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> <x-tad-smaller>Steve Herje</x-tad-smaller>
> <x-tad-smaller>Lone Rock, WI USDA Zone 3-4</x-tad-smaller>
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> <x-tad-smaller>PS:  Thanks to whoever suggested Fairfax.  It's is one of the parents of Sparkle--my favorite commonly available berry and it's supposed to be even better.  It's supposed to grow well in (part?) shade--which is something I can always use.</x-tad-smaller>
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> > </x-tad-smaller>

Great news!

How many runners did they send you?

Are you considering getting Fairfax back on the market?

Let us know how they do --

--Rivka
Finger Lakes NY; zone 5 mostly